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Lupinicious In reply to IljaMoisejev [2011-07-03 14:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
I just checked... there is no real bad graining in the original photo, so I guess it must be the post processing. The photo was taken on f/5.6 at 1/250s on ISO 640. The light conditions were awful, and only having a 28-300 f3.5-5.6 didn't help either Sometimes I'd like to remove all my old photos *g*
The 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II USM performs much better in such conditions.

Thanks for the feedback!

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IljaMoisejev In reply to Lupinicious [2011-07-03 20:35:23 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! It often happens that grain, which acrually is present in the original photo, simply isn't visible enough, however, when adding contrast/sharpening etc it becomes more and more visible resulting in quite mentionable noise.
In such situations i'd recommend using the lasso tool for selecting specific segments of the image and then working with them separately, e.g. selecting the background and trying to use the reduce noise filter or even before adding any masks/contrast puting the background to another layer so that it wouldn't receive any of the above.
If you use CS5, you most likely won't meet any difficulties doing that even with the wolfs fur. For more detailed information on the new CS5 features(especially the one you may need, which helps in selecting hair) follow this link: [link]

And sorry for my being so abusive
Good luck!

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Lupinicious In reply to IljaMoisejev [2011-07-03 20:43:24 +0000 UTC]

Well, I usually use the masking tool if I need to apply an unsharp mask, but generally, I don't do that when uploading stuff to deviantART that's not meant to be printed. Then I normally apply an unsharp mask to the complete photo to get the sharpness back that's lost due to the extreme resizing. When working with 100% crops for print, usually no sharpening is required since the photos (at least those taken with the new 70-200) are tack sharp already.

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IljaMoisejev In reply to Lupinicious [2011-07-03 20:51:07 +0000 UTC]

Why unsharp mask for sharpening? Why not high pass filter? It provides a more accurate sharpening, doesn't it?

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Lupinicious In reply to IljaMoisejev [2011-07-03 21:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Well, I dunno. Honestly, I've never used the high pass filter for sharpening... just tried it and don't see much of a difference in the result. Well, maybe I'll fiddle with it some more later on

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Lupinicious In reply to RapidDagz [2010-10-16 07:42:54 +0000 UTC]

Hey - glad you like it

However, if you use this photo, please stick to these guidelines: [link]
It's fine for you to use it for non-commercial purposes, but if you do so, please make sure you give proper credit. On your webpage, I can neither see credits on the photo nor in your "credits" section.

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Lupinicious In reply to Lykouros [2010-04-06 21:26:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much... I'm glad you enjoy them.

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