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Cemal Ekin
{K:2309} 11/23/2002
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Ken,
I duplicated the layer and adjusted the curves to make the background layer darker. Then I applied more sharpening to it. Then I switched to the newly made BG copy layer and changed its opacity to 50%. Finally, I applied goussian blur to the BG copy until I liked the effect.
I thought it would hide the artefacts that stem from more than normal sharpening and would make it soft on purpose.
Cemal
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Ken Alexander
{K:3905} 11/21/2002
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It looks good, but still might look better if completely sharp--what did you do? Sharpen then blur?
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Cemal Ekin
{K:2309} 11/20/2002
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Ken,
I hope you don't mind, I could not resist the temptation and tried a variation on your theme. This one is deliberately softened with sharper undercurrent.
Cemal
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Ken Alexander
{K:3905} 11/20/2002
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The add-on closeup lens is probably the cause of the lack of sharpness, or more specifically the cause of the extremely small depth of field (the front edge of the wing is pretty sharp but not the tips. I used USM a little but any more made unnatural halos (maybe I just don't know how to do it right.)
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Cemal Ekin
{K:2309} 11/20/2002
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What a beautiful creature. It looks particularly nice against the magenta of beugonvillia (I think). I wish it were somehwat sharper. Do you apply USM or its equivalent? Could the softness be caused by the add-on close-up lens?
Lovely.
Cemal
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Sue O'S
{K:12878} 10/24/2002
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I had intended to comment on this, Ken.
This is marvelous. You've done high justice to a beautiful creature. Yes, maybe a little less softness is in order, but overall, this is gorgeous!
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Brendon Cordero
{K:3524} 10/20/2002
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Ken,
I'm from California, also. I had never seen a Luna Moth. Thank you for sharing it with us. You still a very good job of capturing a photo of it.
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