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Cemal Ekin
{K:2309} 2/16/2003
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Oh, that's what it is. I might have a simple process that may somewhat alleviate this kind of problem. Here it goes:
1. Make a duplicate layer of the flattened image in Photoshop
2. Press Ctrl-A to select all, then Ctrl-C to copy
3. Switch to Channels palette
4. Using the little arrow on the top right of the panel make a new channel, call it Alpha 1
5. Press Ctrl-V to paste the image from the clipboard. It will be B&W.
6. From the menu follow, Filter/Stylize/Find edges. You will see all the edges kind of traced
7. Press Ctrl-I to invert the image
8. Press Ctrl-M to bring up the Curves tool, pull up 234 to 241, then pull down 175 to 50. (If this sounds a bit cryptic, as you do this, it will become obvious.) THe idea is to really increase the contrast. By all means, play with the two point values I mention here. Click OK when satisfied.
9. From the menu follow, Filter/Blur/Gaussian blur, and use a value appropriate for the image size. Smaller the image smaller the value. For a 400x600, I would try 1.2 or so.
10. Now, click on the RGB channel, you should see the original image. Then, Ctrl-click on the Alpha 1 channel. This will select the areas that should be sharpened, mostly limited to the edges where sharpening is most necessary and not select smooth-toned areas.
11. Optionally, press Ctrl-H to hide the selection marching ants. I find it easier to judge the level of sharpening without that distraction.
12. Now fire up the Unsharp mask. For small images, try a radius of 0.3 and amount 250-500. Adjust the radius until the sharpening looks excessive and then lower the radius.
It is much faster and easier to do this than to explain the process. In the end, you should not have any appreciable sharpening in smooth areas with insignificant detail.
I hope this helps.
There are Photoshop actions that you can obtain, free or low cost, that will do something similar to this. I personally prefer to do it manually so that I can control the process every step of the way.
Cemal
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AJ Haselwood
{K:2148} 2/16/2003
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Cemal,
Thank you for taking the time to look at my portfolio. The formation is actually created by over sharping in PS. I have a really bad scanner and tried to sharpen it up before posting, got a tad bit carried away. Not much for PS, prefer the darkroom. Thanks again.
aj
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Cemal Ekin
{K:2309} 2/16/2003
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Picture window, that's what it is. A very fine example of framing the main subject. Here, both the wall in the foreground with the opening and the rooftops in the background are very interesting. I like the colors and the overall feeling in the image.
Out of curiosity, are there some birds flying over the large green rooftop on the left or is it an interesting cloud formation?
Highly enjoyable.
Cemal
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Alisa Mudge
{K:12511} 2/13/2004
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I think the tilt adds character.
The warm colors and shapes make this very pleasing.
AM
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Lisa Howeler
{K:3706} 1/30/2003
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I meant to comment on this last night and had no idea it was your photo. Love the way the viewer can see the homes through the window. It is such a natural photo and such an interesting way to look at it -- like we are standing there ourselves. That is what makes a photo great.
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AJ Haselwood
{K:2148} 1/30/2003
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Thanks for taking the time to comment, really appreciate it. As for the tilt, this is how the window really was. I do no ps work and personally have a hard time altering my images. Reality in my work is extremely important to me. For me life is not all right angles, especially in Morocco. It is amazing the buildings can stay standing. Again thank you for the critiques, they always help.
aj
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Kathryn Roberts
{K:187} 1/29/2003
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I love the jumbled look of squares piled on top of squares, and personally like the slightly off-kilt feel to the shot. For me, it sums up Morrocan type architecture - nothing's straight and there are no right angles! Nice shot...
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Brian Steele
{K:620} 1/29/2003
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Nice, but I think that the slight tilt in the picture is a bit distracting. Try rotating it about 1 degree clockwise in your image editor.
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