Old Edits of New Pictures (NSFW)

[MattyO]

... or is it the other way around?

Here are some pics i had a look at again, and armed with a better understanding of color, contrast and exposure have edited again.

C&C encouraged.






Matty

[gstark]

Matty,

You may want to add a link back to the original threads where these first appeared, so that those who so desire may compare the before and after variants.

On these, and in particular #s 2 and 3, I think you should pull back on your sharpening; these two look to me to be oversharpened.

Cheers.

[Big Red]

these look great to me ... but i may be slightly affected by the content.

#1 really takes my fancy with the pose, composition, colour, and light.

[MattyO]

gary,

what makes you say they are oversharpened? i am unsure if i even applied and sharpening in PP... just good nikon glass

[RDW]

Oh what fun going back over your 318 posts Matt to find the originals to compare to. I only found 1 and 4 and yes I definitely like the improvement in your processing. As for Gary's comment on oversharpening in 2 & 3, I can't find originals and don't really see too much evidence of oversharpening at the posted size -- though she really does jump off the page. Maybe you just had the DOF absolutely spot on.
I do like the subject though!?!

[gstark]

gary,

what makes you say they are oversharpened? i am unsure if i even applied and sharpening in PP... just good nikon glass

Image two: look at her rh shoulder, from the shoulder blade to where her arm intersects with her back. There is minor evidence of haloing here, as well along the rear section of her right leg, from the buttocks and down, following the rear of her leg as we can see it. The forward section of her right thigh, too, shows evidence of haloing. The inside of her left arm, adjacent to her bra ...

Image three: as well as those similar places, pay paricular attention to the inside of her right leg, just above where it meets the water. There is some very evident haloing here, going pretty well almost all the way along this part of her leg.

What I'm seeing is not Nikon glass artefacts, but coming from somewhere in post, or the in-camera settings are a bit too heavy.