Late Afternoon On Rock Creek...

This photo was made during my recent trip to Rock Creek-Little Lakes Valley with Michael, Dan, and Steve Cole. The others had wandered off to Bishop to visit Mountain Light and Vern Clevenger's gallery, so I decided to hop up to the meadows just below Rock Creek Lake.

Tachihara 4x5
Nikkor 300mm
Astia 100F
No Filter

I tried out the sharpening technique that Marc Adums uses, so I am very interested in how you perceive the sharpness of this photograph.

Thanks, everyone,

-PB

The foilage, which is always susceptible to oversharpening, does look very pixelated, and even noisy, to me. Makes it kind of look like a painting or something. Very beautiful shot though.

Thanks, Lars; and welcome to CANP!

I think I'll go back and play with it some more. My old eyes just aren't the same anymore for really fine detail.

Regards,

Preston

Each time I've tried to find Clevenger's gallery I coudln't find it. But I think he's moved to main street since I've last been to Bishop.

i like the little patch of blurred water rapid in the foreground.

Hi All,

I used Neat Image to remove the noise. I then made a selection of just the stream and rocks and used USM to sharpen that section independently. I think it looks much better. You can see the results here: ReWorked Image

Your thought are always appreciated.

-PB

I think the second one did the trick! Nice image Preston!
Richard-Vern moved his gallery to N. Main St. I haven't been inside but drove by a few weeks ago. If I recall it's just before the fairgrounds, Next to the new Starbucks.

Hey Cory!

Thanks for the comment! I have a terrible time with sharpening! Maybe I need to update my eyeglasses prescription!

It was great to see you at Rock Creek! The boyz and I definitely had a great time!

I hope you can join me (us) at Bishop Creek for the CANP gathering!

-PB

I'm a terrible judge of sharpening, too, and I can't tell if it looks oversharpened (the revised one, that is) or if I'm just seeing/imagining more detail than usual because of the large format of the original. I like the shot, though, and it lends weight to my thought that 4x5 is really a separate art form. I mean, the same picture taken in 35mm wouldn't be as interesting. There's something beautiful about capturing so much detail in a relatively ordinary scene. Hope this makes sense!

Preston, I like the reworked image much better, very crisp detail without signs of over sharpening, well done.

Preston,

The original image is just a tad oversharpened. I like it.

BTW, how does Marc Adamus sharpen?

It's good to see you here, Youssef! I hope you'll post some images for us to enjoy!

I posted the technique that Marc uses, here on CANP. I hope it helps you.

-PB