So, your E1 knows how to soften the "crow's feet" around the eyes of
elderly women? :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>
>> I often sharpen the entire image until I have the eyes, lips,
>> nostrils and possibly jewelry where I want them. But that may have an
>> adverse effect on skin. So I add a duplicate layer and then apply a
>> slight gaussian blur to the entire image until the skin looks right.
>> Then add a mask to that layer and paint the mask completely black with
>> the paint bucket. That brings the underlying sharpened image back.
>> Then just use a small paintbrush with white paint on the mask to
>> selectively unsharpen the skin. Sometimes I also do the inverse by
>> having a partially blurred layer on top and selectively allowing the
>> eyes, lips, etc from the sharpened layer underneath to come through.
>> Men and women are also usually treated a bit differently. The men won't
>> be softened as much as the women.
>>
>
>
> Hmm. Maybe I'll just stick with shooting the E-1 which seems to
> automatically strike that balance between sharp and not so sharp. Life is
> pretty short.....
>
> My "trick of the trade" when it comes to sharpening is to use edge-sharpen.
> On a few portraits I'll jump through the same hoops that Chuck wrote, I find
> that it tends to be a bit overkill most of the time. Of course, it depends
> on whether or not this is a 20x24 enlargement or a simple 8x10. Even at
> that, though, it's not too much of an issue as the big enlargements are all
> canvas textured and lacquered.
>
> AG
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