Philippe Collard
05-27-2008, 07:09 PM
Greetings everyone,
I am requesting your help because lately I have had a few comments saying that my images were oversharpened. I must say that I recently acquired a 1dMKII and a 500mm f/4.5L so I probably have to make a few adjustments on my workflow which was - I think - fine when I had was using a 20D and a 300mm f/4L.
I won't bore you with the whole workflow so as far as sharpening is concerned here is what I do.
1. DPP conversion : sharpness at 4 or 5 (on a scale of 10). Please see below for a 100% of a TIFF sample. Don't look at the noise, I realise it's not the cleanest file to start with but that's a good example of what I call an OK image that I'll keep.
2. Prepare for the web. I use an action from "the other site" that goes : fit image (1200 px) -> filter sharpen (the one without parameter) -> fit image (750 px) -> filter smart sharpen (40% radius 0.2) -> save for the web. Please see the final web image below, one that got a comment as being oversharpened.
Am I doing something wrong? What do you think of this sharpening method? I would be quite interested in hearing how you do it, or some good advice, please :)
Thanks and best,
Philippe.
100% crop
http://www.pbase.com/ocean7/image/97744061.jpg
Final image for web presentation
http://www.pbase.com/ocean7/image/97737653.jpg
I am requesting your help because lately I have had a few comments saying that my images were oversharpened. I must say that I recently acquired a 1dMKII and a 500mm f/4.5L so I probably have to make a few adjustments on my workflow which was - I think - fine when I had was using a 20D and a 300mm f/4L.
I won't bore you with the whole workflow so as far as sharpening is concerned here is what I do.
1. DPP conversion : sharpness at 4 or 5 (on a scale of 10). Please see below for a 100% of a TIFF sample. Don't look at the noise, I realise it's not the cleanest file to start with but that's a good example of what I call an OK image that I'll keep.
2. Prepare for the web. I use an action from "the other site" that goes : fit image (1200 px) -> filter sharpen (the one without parameter) -> fit image (750 px) -> filter smart sharpen (40% radius 0.2) -> save for the web. Please see the final web image below, one that got a comment as being oversharpened.
Am I doing something wrong? What do you think of this sharpening method? I would be quite interested in hearing how you do it, or some good advice, please :)
Thanks and best,
Philippe.
100% crop
http://www.pbase.com/ocean7/image/97744061.jpg
Final image for web presentation
http://www.pbase.com/ocean7/image/97737653.jpg