CS does not have smart sharpen, and i don't have a clue how do do selective manually, so i'll fire up the PC, with CS2 and try it there.
There is a section for this in my Layers book, but he does it with smart sharpen. Now to sit by the PC and wait 10-12 minutes to fire up. Dave On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:14 AM, David J Brooks<pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes i had noticed that. I rarely use AF-C and i had it set for AF-c > for something ii did earlier and forgot to reset to AF-S. I remember > focusing on her eyes, then recomposed ever so slightly, thus the > slight oof on the eyes. > > I'll try your suggestion. They want an 8x10 of it. > > Dave > > Dave > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Anthony Farr<farranth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dave, >> >> It's a terrific action portrait but unfortunately you've just missed >> focus on her eyes, the camera's grabbed the lint on her helmet >> instead. >> >> Have you ever thought about localised sharpening. Just make a >> correction layer and sharpen it for the eyes, not caring about the >> quality of anything else. Then put an unsharpened layer on top and >> erase just the eyes, so that the sharpened layer shows through only at >> the eyes.. You'll get sharp eyes but keep the smooth soft tones of >> the rest of the girl's face >> >> regards, Anthony >> >> "Of what use is lens and light >> to those who lack in mind and sight" >> (Anon) >> >> >> >> 2009/7/25 David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com>: >>> Friends of ours asked if i could take some shots of their young >>> daughter in the Lead Line class today. >>> >>> I took quite a few, but i like this one a lot. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9535046 >>> >>> Not sure if i like it in B&W >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9535049 >>> >>> D200 Raw file, 70-200 VR F2.8, LR 2 >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.