this edit of muntjack deer differently

[hughredcanary]

Hi
I did this edit of muntjack deer differently , used the clone stamp tool to remove the grass the a selective smart sharpen with a feathering of 5 pixels on the deer, deselect (THEN) did shadows and highlights, the reason for doing shadows and highlights after sharpening, shadows and highlights had no affect before sharpening, then I did a overall smart sharpen of amount 37% with a radius of 3.4, bearing in mind sharpening is normally dun if needed at the end of an editing, what do you think
Hugh
http://hughsphotoshop.com/

[hughredcanary]

unabel to load photo
Hugh

[chris-p]

Hi Hugh, welcome to the forums.

You've already run into some difficulties so let me post it for you...

[chris-p]

I have to say that, for the amount of work you've done on it, I can't see the join which is definitely a good thing!

When it comes to posting an image, you need to find the address of it. If it's in the gallery here you have to click on the enlarge button (the magnifying glass over the top right of image), wait for the image to pop up, right click on it and select the address.

To actually get that into a post there are a couple of ways but personally I use the "tag" system. To get your picture in this thread I typed in this (exactly and with no spaces):

[img]http://www.photoradar.com/files/imagecache/original_large/photos/users/hughredcanary/dsc-3790-e-2.jpg[/img]

This is the address of the image surrounded by [img] and [/img]

Hope this helps - there is more info on tags here

[hughredcanary]

Hi Chris and thank you will give it a try, chris what did you think of sharpen before the finish
Hugh
http://hughsphotoshop.

[chris-p]

Well it's not what you'd normally do as sharpening alters the per-pixel sharpness and, therefore, the effects of any further processing will either be altered or will affect the sharpening but it seems fine here.

It's hard to say without knowing exactly what sharpening was applied by the smart sharpen before the shadows and highlights adjustment. The final sharpening you did was fairly unaggressive as well. It's always difficult to say how well sharpening works as I've not seen the original shot and we can't see the processed one at full size

All in all, it might not be orthodox but the end result is very good.

[hughredcanary]

Thank you chris
chris http://hughsphotoshop.com/gallery/di...up&cat=6&pos=0 is the original
Hugh
http://hughsphotoshop.com/

[chris-p]

It's nice to compare it to the original. It's certainly sharper and all round a good shot. The BWC is a great place as well.

[hughredcanary]

Thanks Chris so you don't think it's over sharpened I will use it on my w site, yes I had a great time at the BWC
Hugh
http://hughsphotoshop.com/

[chris-p]

At this size it doesn't look over sharpened.