There is another major characteristic of this image which is significant depth
of field for a subject so close. This was obviously taken at quite a small
aperture but the totally blurred background seems to be overly blurred for the
probable aperture. Can't say for sure since i don't know how far away it is
but I think the background has been post processed away.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: How does he do that?
> Sent: Jan 22 '08 22:05
>
> Bob Whitmire wrote:
> > I see a good bit of that sort of thing over on DeePee. I think there
> > are several software packages that go a long way toward the look.
> > Lucis? Lucas? Something along those lines. A little bit of that goes
> > a long way. I've seen some pretty interesting stuff done in a more
> > urban theme, where it seems to work particularly well.
> >
> Look closely at the larger version of the lighthouse shot, and you will
> see a similar, 'etched' look. Looks like a form of LCE., or something
> in between broad, LCE use of USM and conventional sharpening.
>
> Normally, if you apply that much LCE/USM to a face, it gets too
> contrasty. Lower brightness and contrast beforehand, and you can do a
> lot of LCE. I sometimes use that technique to pull out texture in the
> surfaces of inanimate things.
>
> Assuming it's something like that, a mask would be needed to cover halos
> around the main subject. Rather easy to do on this image.
>
> I think it's overdone here. Striking at first, but wouldn't wear well
> for me. Even the hat is over done a bit, at least the turned up
> underside of the brim, but you can see how it brings out the texture.
> Band is a bit crunchy, but I kinda like the crown.
>
> Moose
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