Another from the moss shoot

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Av mode
1/15"
F2.8
ISO: 100
LR & CS3

This isn't moss. It's a spent flower of some sort. The top of the flower is slightly OOF but when I went to a smaller aperture to get slightly more DOF, the BG really suffered. I did some selective sharpening on the flower but took it as far as I could without making it obvious.

[Julie Kenward]

Ken, I think you did take it as far as it could with normal processing. Now, what I'm wondering is...have you thought to put a semi-transparent texture layer over the top? That is a great way to hide a slight imperfection and still maintain that beautiful BG and the overall image.

If you're interested, hop down to the floral photo in OOTB forum or one of us (Anita & Barbara are way better at this than I am) can help you give it a go. Another option would be a painted look filter or something else along those lines.

[Ken Childs]

Ken, I think you did take it as far as it could with normal processing. Now, what I'm wondering is...have you thought to put a semi-transparent texture layer over the top? That is a great way to hide a slight imperfection and still maintain that beautiful BG and the overall image.
Thanks, Jules.
I have a library of images saved for use in textured images so I'll give it a go. If anything works well, I'll post it in the OOTB.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
While maybe not the most beautiful.....you have handled it very, very, nicely and absolutely love the way it comes out of the softness. Very well done!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Ken, I think you did a great on the technical end, good details and great looking BG, but the subject is lacking.