Out of focus shots, such as below left, can be made serviceable, as shown at right, with Smart Sharpen or Unsharp Mask or there’d be no need for those filters. It’s good to be able to recognize which photos can be brought back to something usable and some basics to make it happen.
Archive of posts tagged sharpen
Masking Adjustment Layers and When (not) to Sharpen — Mantis Shrimp Photo
any times, if I’m getting my exposures right, and there is adequate lighting, i.e., I’m not too deep and the visibility is not too poor, the resulting photos will clean up nicely with a simple levels adjustment and maybe an added contrast curve. Then there are the other times when maybe the lighting was not [...]
Mantis Shrimp Photos, Catalina Island 3-03
I’ve seen some insanely laughable things on the web by so-called photoshop authorities where they actually sharpen the edges of the subject of a photo to make it “pop.” This is so Bass Ackwards it makes me cringe. Sharpening a digital photo is already a no-no, but sharpening the edges of a subject?
to the new home of my underwater scuba photo galleries. Read on and discover why Photoshop should be every underwater photographer's best friend.