Roots
The roots of this tree in a protected forrest area just outside Stockholm fascinated me when I spotted it during a walk on an overcast day a couple of months ago.
The Picture was taken with a Nikon D300, 18-200 mm. I processed it with Capture NX2 & Color Efex Pro with the main purpose of enhancing the contrast and level of detail.
To accomplish this I made a slight S-curve and worked with the Pro Contrast and Tonal Contrast filters of Color Efex and used Darken/Lighten Center and a Vignette to focus the viewers attention to the roots.
The most difficult thing with this picture was the sharpening. I applied a 25/9/3 Unsharpen Mask setting in Capture NX suggested for use with foliage and busy backgrounds (and added another set of 18/3/2 output sharpening after compressing the picture for web posting). I still find it hard to determine how well this worked out on such small objects though. The uncompressed version looks a lot better on the my screen then this compressed one does.
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Artsalah 09/11/2009 23:45
Details are blowing my eyes! I see that was intended but feeling is so strong that i cannot focus on the whole picture. I meaking that same mistake from time to time (i know it was intended ). Anyway... i love it of cours.Good work !
/best wishes, Lucas
Federico Cirillo 08/11/2009 18:18
Great shot!!Saludos
fede.
Anders Å 08/11/2009 15:16
Hi Leonid,Thank you for sharing your experience with me. I really appreciate that.
I normally follow the NX2 output sharpening recommendation for web postings of Jason Odell which is 25/3/2. To avoid oversharpening I usually take it down to about 20/3/2. It appears though as if that second round of sharpening does not work out so well on such a detailed picture. Or, maybe I pushed the first round of sharpening to the edge or even beyond this time.
Judging the right level of sharepening is easier larger objects where it's easier to see artifacts and "glowing lines"
I will take special care with that second round when I post new images. Thanks again, Anders