Please Vote which picture you prefer

Originally Posted by marshy

Unsharp Mask" Filter twice (in Photoshop).

hi marshy, so u sharpen once, saved it, and sharpen twice? or run 2 duplicate background? any difference if high pass was used instead of unsharp mask? sorry for the lazy question, very hard to find the answer elsewhere

[satan_gal]

Me untrained eye...dunno anything abt these stuff....

but 2nd pic color seemed.. dead.

Like no.. gradient? too... sharp.. glaring in fact.

1st pic looks better. Eye less pain

[marshy]

Originally Posted by desmondekker

hi marshy, so u sharpen once, saved it, and sharpen twice? or run 2 duplicate background? any difference if high pass was used instead of unsharp mask? sorry for the lazy question, very hard to find the answer elsewhere

I unsharp mask the image twice.
No need to save image after each unsharp mask process.
I feel its better to do slight adjustments on top of each other multiple times.. then to one time heavy adjustment.

[marshy]

Originally Posted by satan_gal

Me untrained eye...dunno anything abt these stuff....

but 2nd pic color seemed.. dead.

Like no.. gradient? too... sharp.. glaring in fact.

1st pic looks better. Eye less pain

Typically, overly done images with unsharp mask filter makes the image very flat.
To the trained eye, they see it.
To the untrained eye, they love it. Which is very much the majority of people viewing the images. Hence purpose of this poll!

[amiidae]

so whats next... teach people how to spot overly color enhanced photos

[satan_gal]

Ok.. i'm an oddball.

But i guess ppl prefer it coz the colors look.. sharper/brighter?
The exact stuff tat's causin my eye-ache?

Btw.. is it me or is the white part of the fish lookin kinda... violet? - aft u enhance tat is *rubs eyes*

Originally Posted by marshy

To the untrained eye, they love it. Which is very much the majority of people viewing the images. Hence purpose of this poll!

[marshy]

Originally Posted by amiidae

so whats next... teach people how to spot overly color enhanced photos

okok.. let me think of how to do this.
Akan Datang Ok!

Originally Posted by satan_gal

Ok.. i'm an oddball.

But i guess ppl prefer it coz the colors look.. sharper/brighter?
The exact stuff tat's causin my eye-ache?

Btw.. is it me or is the white part of the fish lookin kinda... violet? - aft u enhance tat is *rubs eyes*

You are right.. You're an oddball! Hahahaha

[amiidae]

Originally Posted by satan_gal

Btw.. is it me or is the white part of the fish lookin kinda... violet? - aft u enhance tat is *rubs eyes*

You are not wrong, that's the correct color. (no enhancement was done)

Originally Posted by marshy

okok.. let me think of how to do this.
Akan Datang Ok!

We shall see...

[NEWBIEARO]

i voted lower pic as much clearer imo

[tridentdiscus]

I like #2 too. That is the main purpose of the software, to make the picture look better. But that is if straight out of the cam it doesn't look good.
I enhanced all my pic to some degree.