Alleghany County, North Carolina

Made near the S. Fork of the New River in northwestern NC, almost inVA. Comments welcome.

 

--Lannie

Great subject and beautifuly captured...

Lannie,

Nice shot. Regards, Patsy

Thanks, Afshin and Patsy. It was a nice day up on that high plateau.

 

--Lannie

Landrum: I like the compostion, but think a little sharpening on the building could improve the photo. You did a good job with the exposure given the lighting conditions. Tom

Thanks, Tom. I used unsharp mask set at 50 on this one.

 

--Lannie

beautiful photo and beautiful country.. That is also what we need over here: trees, grass and water.

Landrum: I think I would have tried more than 50%. I have provided a couple of links below that explains sharpening. I find that most of my photos end up with about 125-150%. My try remember is 75% upon your 50% or about 125%. Tom

 

http://www.lonestardigital.com/usm_fade.htm

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/unsharp-mask.htm

 

Thanks, Tom. I was hoping that you would come back and tell me what you use. I'll try what you say.

 

One thing I will say is this: I am usually guided by trying to avoid over-sharpening effects on grass and leaves, and thus the low USM value that I often use in post-processing

 

--Lannie

Wow, Tom! You are so right. I also upped the contrast. I am going to upload the reworked version now (at USM 125%), but I don't know when it will change on the screen.

 

It sure looks better! Thanks--and thanks for the tutorial links. In all these years using PS, I never once tried "Fade" or even understood what it was about.

 

--Lannie

Lannie: You are very welcome. I agree with the oversharpening in the trees and grass, You could apply the sharpening selectively. I use PE7 and have a couple books that are really good. Look for Focal Press books they are quite good and and sometimes have DVDs included. Borders carrys them. Tom