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    I went back to this RAW image and reworked on it. PP in ACR, PS CS5. NR to BG, sharpened only the subject with smart sharpen at full size and the re sized it to 1200 and the used USM (85%, 0.7 radius, threshold 4) on entire image. Am I doing right? Warmed up a bit, levels and curve adj done.
    Camera Canon EOS 7D
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    Aperture f/5.6
    Focal Length 192 mm
    ISO Speed 1600
    Exposure Bias 0 EV
    Flash Off, Did not fire

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    Hi Sanjeev,

    my first questions is. Did you crop the LHS or RHS ?
    Why sharpening the image at 1200px global/entire image?

    The details might could be more. Now my blue side is coming, the very end of the tail you forgot the to take out the blue, as well around it's mouth. Check as well the white fur around it's body for the blue! You might left it in, because you like that way
    The grass is a bit magenta/red, no idea if it was that way, you know. That's all what I have seen so far.
    I am sure the others will chip in their thoughts as well

    Have a great eve

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    Anette

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    Hi Sanjeeve, nice sighting. Looks like you didn't have much light here. Since you apply sharpening to the entire image, the grass looks over sharpened to me. The image is a bit flat and could use some contrast. I feel the image a little cool, so I'd suggest try to warm it up a little bit (increasing the color temp), which could remove the blue cast that Anette talked about (I'm not so good at seeing color cast). You have the eye, so I would try to brighten it up a little to give the image some life. Loi

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    Thanks Anette & Loi, I will remove the color cast, thanks for pointing that out. Anette, I did not crop it, it is FF. I normally do a two step sharpening, one on the larger Tiff file and once more after resizing. Will avoid global sharpening. Appreciate your comments and help.
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    Hi Sanjeev,
    for me the same as the last image , you have been too close to the subject, shooting not really good, not much you can afterwards, but maybe you can tell your guide next to stay away from the subject.

    There are the same issues in tones as in the last post, think.Agree with the observations , made by Loi and Anette.

    Just a question, how many times do you sharpen your images? 3 or 2 times ? I think you use ACR, what are your settings in the detail Tab ?

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Sanjeev, you may wish to pre sharpen, but we all have different workflows and thoughts, however at the end of the day you should ONLY sharpen each time you crop for output and so the sharpening fits the purpose.

    USM (85%, 0.7 radius, threshold 4) on entire image.
    Firstly, as pointed out you should NEVER globally sharpen, you need to mask and depending on the colour of the mask, white or black, reveal or conceal. Your initial figures are too much and so you need to pull them back, especially the later.
    Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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    Sanjeev - I'm not on my calibrated monitor so won't comment on color. Good suggestions above about sharpening or you could try the actions posted in the sticky by Morkel at the top of the forum. Take your unsharpened tiff and apply the action. It automatically masks I think based on the amount of detail in an area but then you can adjust the masks and adjust the opacity of the sharpening layer. You will have to alter the fit image size in the action to adjust for BPN's new sizes.

    TFS,
    Rachel

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