DPP-Part 5; Exercise 1

Exercise; Sharpening for print

For this exercise, I have to use a portrait image and do 3 different levels of sharpening, so to see the differences between when you have the image on screen and when you print it.

 
This is the original image;

1/60 seconds at f/5.6

This image is of a bridesmaid at a friend of a friend’s wedding. I had already done the alterations to this image but no sharpening. In Photoshop there is already a default setting of 25 on every image that you open in Raw.



This image has been sharpened slightly;

The amount of sharpening that I applied to this image was the following;

• Sharpening; - 50
• Radius; - 1.5
• Detail; - 50

I kept it small, so to match the original image as much as possible, the differences that I saw in this image and the printed image were minimal, however, this image is noticeably darker than the original image in print and on screen.



This image is with the medium amount of sharpening applied;

The amount if sharpening that I applied to this image was the following;

• Sharpening; - 100
• Radius; - 2.2
• Detail; - 75

The highlights came out a bit more at the front of her hair on this one and the same with the print, with regards to the differences from the computer and print, there isn’t much, apart from the print is ever so slightly darker (this is without a magnifying glass) this may be because I have calibrated my monitor and I invested in a quality printer to produce my images. With a magnifying glass and the zoom function on my computer, the image looks more ‘pixelated’ like little grains of rice have been incorporated in to the picture.



The final image has the maximum amount of sharpening applied;

The amount if sharpening that I applied to this image was the following;

• Sharpening; - 150
• Radius; - 3.0
• Detail; - 100

This is sharpening to the extreme, at very first glance and I mean glance!, it looks like a really clean image, but obviously, it actually looks un-natural, the front of her hair is lighter still and some other areas, but the whites of her eyes looks almost alien and the grains on the computer and print are extremely harsh.

All in all, I prefer the first amount of sharpening, as it still provides the natural look of the skin, but highlights a bit of clarity and defines the edges, I think if the colour was corrected, it would enhance the image further.