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mswhin63
25-05-2010, 01:11 AM
Hi,

I have been a bit busy with work commitments to process some images, finally got some time with this only opportunity on 19th May. Showing 2 image, first one is only slightly processed while the second is a bit heavily processed. Still working on the best contrast but missed this time around.

The heavily processed shot looks smooth at higher quality where these images are reduced by 50% and down in quality to 85%.
Inmykombi
25-05-2010, 08:05 PM
2nd image looks OK to me.
First one needs abit more
sharpening up.
I always like the crescent Moon.

Good work.
michaellxv
25-05-2010, 10:18 PM
The contrast looks good. I agree the first one could be sharpened a little bit more, but the second looks a bit over done for my liking.

I find its a delicate balance between bringing out the detail and keeping a natural look to the image. Can you put the fullres image somewhere? As you say you lose a lot of quality reducing it for posting.
mswhin63
25-05-2010, 10:30 PM
They are the same image, was just testing the wavelet processing to see how much I can push it. I felt the second image was a bit over processed but was just testing the waters. I usually push it to a point where the picture become a bit grainy, but this time even with over-processing it would grain.
mswhin63
27-05-2010, 10:28 PM
I think I have managed to get it right but I must admit it is difficult to determin the best sharpeness to an image without going overboard. I put all three down again so it is easy to see the difference between each.

If anyone has opinions on how to make a good reference to detail on a full size image would be handy to know.
michaellxv
28-05-2010, 12:18 AM
The middle one has just that extra bit of detail, I like it. :thumbsup: The third one seems to go just that little bit too far. Hard to say why but the peaks that are catching the sunlight just look a bit too strong compared to the rest.

I have the same problem deciding when enough is enough. Sometimes I have maxed everything out to overprocess it and see where it would go and which bits stand out as horrible. Then I wind it back until those bad features are gone.