Few pics for comments

[abhivachan]

[abhivachan]

[Hitman]

Nice shots in general, I just thought you can bump up a bit on the colours and saturation. Nice perspective on the fishing rod, the shot of the dog will have a bigger impact if taken lower ie. at the dog's eye-level. I think you can sharpen the pics a little more.

Just my 2 cents

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by Hitman Nice shots in general, I just thought you can bump up a bit on the colours and saturation. Nice perspective on the fishing rod, the shot of the dog will have a bigger impact if taken lower ie. at the dog's eye-level. I think you can sharpen the pics a little more. Just my 2 cents

Thanks hitman. All the pics are straight from the camera. i did only resize for posting in web. Good technique provided for the dog pic. Next time, I will use this technique.

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by Hitman Nice shots in general, I just thought you can bump up a bit on the colours and saturation. Nice perspective on the fishing rod, the shot of the dog will have a bigger impact if taken lower ie. at the dog's eye-level. I think you can sharpen the pics a little more. Just my 2 cents

here's the processed one. Hope this is ok?

[ykkok]

The original dog pic is better, in terms of sharpness wise. I think the latter is too sharp.

[hammer_400]

Originally Posted by ykkok The original dog pic is better, in terms of sharpness wise. I think the latter is too sharp.

haha.. i agree... but the degree of sharpening is also a personal taste... some people like loads of it... i'm tending to the minimal sharpening side

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by abhivachan here's the processed one. Hope this is ok?

Looks oversharpened to me...

[Raptor1]

Yupz, looks oversharpened to me too. Just look at the tongue n slightly above the nose area.

[akak]

Nice pictures. Care to share which lens and settings? Tripod?

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by Hitman Looks oversharpened to me...

Yes I agree. I did the unsharp mask twice. will modify and post it again, once i have reached home.

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by akak Nice pictures. Care to share which lens and settings? Tripod?

The exif info is available in the image.

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by akak Nice pictures. Care to share which lens and settings? Tripod?

The exif info is available in the image, tripod is used only for the sunset pic, rest all handheld.

[akak]

sorry, EXIF info does not include lens type?

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by akak sorry, EXIF info does not include lens type?

for the 50mm, I have used 50mm ED lens, and the rest I have used 14-45 kit lens.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by abhivachan Yes I agree. I did the unsharp mask twice. will modify and post it again, once i have reached home.

Well, actually unsharp mask (USM) can be done more than once. Here's some settings I scooped from dpreview, tried out a few times and worked pretty well. It's a 3 stage USM settings, try to see if you like them.

1st - Amount 75% - 0.5 Pixels - Threshold 0

2nd - Amount 50% - 0.3 Pixels - Threshold 0

3rd - Amount 100% - 0.2 Pixels - Threshold 0

Have fun with digital imaging

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by Hitman Well, actually unsharp mask (USM) can be done more than once. Here's some settings I scooped from dpreview, tried out a few times and worked pretty well. It's a 3 stage USM settings, try to see if you like them. 1st - Amount 75% - 0.5 Pixels - Threshold 0 2nd - Amount 50% - 0.3 Pixels - Threshold 0 3rd - Amount 100% - 0.2 Pixels - Threshold 0 Have fun with digital imaging

Thanks a lot hitman for sharing this. Let me try this and post the image. Still I am in office, will go home around 10PM (SGP time).

[Hacker]

For #2, you may want to have 2/3 sky and 1/3 sea. Will look more balanced.

#4 is well composed and the colors are soothing.

Keep up the good work.

[abhivachan]

Originally Posted by Hacker For #2, you may want to have 2/3 sky and 1/3 sea. Will look more balanced. #4 is well composed and the colors are soothing. Keep up the good work.

Thanks hacker for the very valuable tips. In my next visit, I will use this technique

[abhivachan]

few more pics to share.