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kabo Silver Star Critiquer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 0] (49)
I took this picture in my garden
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kabo Silver Star Critiquer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 0] (49)
Crop & sharpening
Edited by:Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
Hi Matej: I wanted to show what I meant by a closer crop and adding a bit of sharpness. Here is what I did:
- Cropped the picture at the top, bottom & on the left to focus more the attention on the beautiful flower
- Applied Luko's USM technique for sharpening. This technique does not always work and it is a bit of trial & error but it can be fairly effective. Here is the recipe:
Filter/Unsharpmask/18/40/0
Filter/Unsharpmask/150/0.3/0
Edit/FadeUnsharpmask/100%/Darken
Filter/Unsharpmask/150/0.3/0
Edit/FadeUnsharpmask/50%/Lighten

I hope you don't mind and let me know what you think.

Suzanne