[Leica] IMG: Unsharpened/Uncropped Dandelion Image

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

George,

I went back and set all of the critical sliders that could lead to 
sharpening to zero, regardless of what they were called.  You were right, 
the resulting image is less sharp than the last one I posted.  So, I gather 
that, if the RAW image is converted with no adjustments to sharpness, 
clarity, exposure, etc, it may be possible to compare sensor and lens 
sharpness.  But just taking out these changes is frought with uncertainty, 
since few of the function definitions are clearly explained.

The latest image:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Critical+Sliders+Set+to+Zero.jpg.html

The previous image:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Unsharpened+Dandelion.jpg.html

I guess it just depends on what each of us desires to see in an image. ;~)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Unsharpened/Uncropped Dandelion Image


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> On May 31, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>> I am no expert in this area.  I use PSE 6.0, resize as necessary, sharpen 
>> the final image a bit, then convert to 8-bit.  In this case, I skipped 
>> the sharpening step.  If something is done without my knowledge, I am 
>> unaware of it.  I never use anything like "Save for Web", which may have 
>> hidden actions.
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> and I have no experience with PSE
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> though I suspect that some sharpening was applied in your software
> both at the file level and output level.
> Perhaps some other PSE user could comment on this.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
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