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[carfier]

Cool pictures!

 

[lukeROB]

Wendy..

Do you use photoshop for sharpening? If so, a technique called "Lab Color Sharpening" may be what you want. You basically separate out the lightness channel from the color and just apply sharpening to that channel. In my opinion it works way better than normal unsharp mask and doesn't sharpen the color channels.

If you do use Photoshop, let me know and I can round up the specific steps for creating a macro/hotkey for this type of sharpening.

By the way...Nice pics. I'm just the opposite on vacation. I take all the shots so there's almost none of me, they're all of my wife, who doesn't dive, or fish.

Try Sharpening only the Luminosity channel - converting to Lab colour is acutally changing the image values and then changing them again to convert back. It is also easier then changing back and forth.

 

[Cabo]

LukeROB's technique is another that is highly popular. Scott Kelby (editor Photoshop User Magazine) points out that it is a constant discussion between "professionals" (which I am not) about which of these two methods is best. He mentions in the Photoshop CS book that he uses the Lab Sharpening and I just picked that horse and rode it.

They are both used by professionals and work much better than the simple filter/sharpen or unsharp mask. lukeROB's technique is a bit simpler to do and may not even require a macro/hotkey.

I think you'll find that either of these techniques will give you good results.

Try Sharpening only the Luminosity channel - converting to Lab colour is acutally changing the image values and then changing them again to convert back. It is also easier then changing back and forth.

 

[Scuba65]

Nice pictures Wendy! thanks for sharing

 

[Jason B]

Another tip, while you have the luminosity spilt from the color channel, apply a gaussian blur to the color channel. The tone from the luminosity channel holds the detail in place, and the color can be smoothed out without dropping the appearance of the image.

 

[The Chairman]

The Moon Jelly is way cool! So is the NC Beach scene and the Jax hrimp Boats. I liked the others too, but those were exceptional to me.

 

[Wendy]

The Moon Jelly is way cool! So is the NC Beach scene and the Jax hrimp Boats. I liked the others too, but those were exceptional to me.

Thanks! The moon jelly I took thru the glass at EPCOT and that beach is actually Myrtle Beach, SC.