Day 6 - By the lake
by carofo

Comment by violinist123:
Neat Image eats detail, so maybe not the best thing to use for sharpening even though it has a sharpening slider. Something to try if you have photoshop is to resize down for dpc then hit it with one or possibly two passes of smart sharpen - 0.3 radius, remove gaussian blur, about 50% strength.

This is a hell of an image. I'd already have mpix sending an 8x10 to my house were it mine.

Day 7 - Fairy tears
by carofo

Comment by codfish:
The mirror like quality of the waterdroplets is absolutely amazing. This shot really stands out.

Day 7 - Fairy tears
by carofo

Comment by WriteHeart:
This is cool. I love the effect.

Day 7 - Fairy tears
by carofo

Comment by sfalice:
...and you should be pleased. This is magical.

Day 6 - By the lake
by carofo

Comment by codfish:
It's a very beautiful shot. I'm not sure about the frame however.

Day 7 - Fairy tears
by carofo

Comment by photokariangel:
very cool effect. it does look velvet-esque. great job.

Day 6 - By the lake
by carofo

Comment by NikonJeb:
It looks a little soft......I don't think in any way that's bad in this shot whatsoever. I actually think it adds to the effect. If you werew not trying to soften the shot you blew it. If you were trying to make a really nice image, you didn't!......8>)

Day 6 - By the lake
by carofo

Comment by Alain:
WOW, this is a great one. The B&W convertion is excellent. Très belle photo Caroline.

Day 6 - By the lake
by carofo

Comment by hajeka:
Beautiful photo. I like almost everything, composition, sharpness, contrast. Think the water is a little too "noise reduced".

I'm absolutely not an expert at this, but I always understand that you should first do noise reduction and after that all the other stuff.

Skull orchid
by carofo

Comment by Node:
Nice photo but lacks a bit of punch IMHO, the top petals look grainy so maybe a run through Neat Image would help clean it up a bit.

Edit: Because I comment and then read what others have said (That's my private learning side challenge) I really like the updated version that CapeSail used and I agree it might be a tad over done but really made the image stand out, I still think NI would clean up the top dusty looking petals.

Message edited by author 2007-09-06 18:01:07.