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banehawi (Critique Team)

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7 Jun 2012 - 12:26 AM

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Welcome to EPZ Tasha.



Its quite a nice shot, and a decent exposure from a compact. I personally would have liked to see more of the dogs head, either from further back, or in landscape mode, and he/she is a little tight in the frame.

Its slightly flat, - lacking in contrast, which is not unusual for a compact, and can be easily sorted out in post processing.

Ive uploaded a mod with this done, and space cropped from the bottom to place the eye close to a third.

It needed a little sharpening, so here a guide for re sizing that includes a step for sharpening you need to be aware of when uploading to the web:

Resize image: Image>Image size> set pixels per inch to 72; then set the longest side to what the site allows; then during the save as process, you will adjust the quality slider to get the right file size, then save.

Next: Open the new image. Check for sharpness at 100%. It will very likely need to be sharpened. You can use whatever method you prefer; here is a reliable method you can use:

Filter>sharpen>unsharp mask; set Radius = 0.8; set threshold = 3; now slide the Amount slider all the way to the right, which oversharpens the shot; then slide it slowly back to the left until it doesnt look soft, and doesnt look too sharp. You can view your image and turn Preview on and off to see how youre doing. When your happy, press OK, then SAVE. Now upload.


Hope this is helpful,



regards



Willie

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7 Jun 2012 - 11:30 AM

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Quote: Welcome to EPZ Tasha.



Its quite a nice shot, and a decent exposure from a compact. I personally would have liked to see more of the dogs head, either from further back, or in landscape mode, and he/she is a little tight in the frame.

Its slightly flat, - lacking in contrast, which is not unusual for a compact, and can be easily sorted out in post processing.

Ive uploaded a mod with this done, and space cropped from the bottom to place the eye close to a third.

It needed a little sharpening, so here a guide for re sizing that includes a step for sharpening you need to be aware of when uploading to the web:

Resize image: Image>Image size> set pixels per inch to 72; then set the longest side to what the site allows; then during the save as process, you will adjust the quality slider to get the right file size, then save.

Next: Open the new image. Check for sharpness at 100%. It will very likely need to be sharpened. You can use whatever method you prefer; here is a reliable method you can use:

Filter>sharpen>unsharp mask; set Radius = 0.8; set threshold = 3; now slide the Amount slider all the way to the right, which oversharpens the shot; then slide it slowly back to the left until it doesnt look soft, and doesnt look too sharp. You can view your image and turn Preview on and off to see how youre doing. When your happy, press OK, then SAVE. Now upload.


Hope this is helpful,



regards



Willie

Thankyou for your comments and your tips will take note of it all! much appreciated!

Tasha