okie wrote:Very impressive flower shots, JPS. Outstanding "glow" to the petals. Is there much post-processing involved with these images, or is it "straight from the camera?" I've been doing similar work... but outside. Even at the crack of dawn there's often a breeze, as gentle as it may be.
One tip worth sharing with flower shots: find a "Mister" type of pump-up canister and give the petals and greens a very light touch of water droplets - similar in size (tiny) to morning dew. Water "sprayers" per se, do not work well, it is the misting type that delivers top-notch results. (I have one in my kitchen used for bread baking).
An aside: when have you found it "best" to apply sharpening? "By the rules" we always do it last in PhotoShop... but when using Helicon Focus software I haven't arrived at a definitive answer - sharpen first, then run through HF... or sharpen the outputted HF image. (In all instances my Canon 5D camera is adjusted to apply zero "in-camera" sharpening.
Hi and thanks for commenting !
As for applying some "dew" on the petals, i didn't think of it, although it's a trick i often use...
Now, about the sharpening, as long as i remember, i loaded the original RAW images into Helicon Focus, so no post-processing AT ALL was applied before... and i also allways use the "zero in-camera" settings !
Of course, the image rendered by Helicon Focus has been post-processed as usual, with a final sharpening, then resizing for Web, and finally one more slight sharpening !
Cheers,
J-P.
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