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Mirror image??

Postby johnd on Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:52 pm

Image from Melbourne Zoo recently.
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Postby Glen on Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:29 pm

Your camera doesn't show up in the mirror :lol:


Great capture :D
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Postby mudder on Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:53 pm

G'day John,
Aren't primates incredible creatures? The body language is so similar to our own, not that far removed are we eh? The big male is awesome...

Ajways tricky to get good eye detail with animals that have heavy brows (as in deep set eyes) so I think you've done well, good thoughtful pose, seems deep in thought... Tricky highlights in the fur too by the look of it... Much sharpening in PP? Fur seems a little bit "crunchy"...

Great catch...
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Postby Sheetshooter on Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:22 pm

I wonder if these animals get such an introspective and bored look on their faces when they are living in the wild? Perhaps they suffer some sort of stress from the absence of danger or the unexpected. Perhaps we doo too.

Pretty cruel leftover from earlier times keeping them in a zoo, I think.

Nevertheless a really commendable capture (shit, that's a poor word to use in the present context isn't it!!) Well done.

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Postby johnd on Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:53 am

mudder wrote:Tricky highlights in the fur too by the look of it... Much sharpening in PP? Fur seems a little bit "crunchy"...

Great catch...


Thanks for the feedback Andrew, Glenn and Sheetshooter.

Andrew, I use nik SharpenerPro (add in for PS CS2). It sets all the parameters for sharpening according to output medium and size. Generally I'm very happy with it's selections. When sharpening for Internet viewing, it tends to over sharpen (IMO) and has made the fur crunchy. With it sharpening for fuji frontier printing, it does a great job. Maybe I should go back to usm for sharpening for forum viewing.
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Postby Sheetshooter on Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:20 am

John,

If it works in similar fashion to Photo Kit Sharpener surely you could go back into the layers and make adjustments before you flatten the image.
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