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Originally Posted by Rob Barron
Just a thought JamPal but have you tried doing any post-processing work to the shot? To really get some sharpness and contrast, you will probably need to do that.
Below is YOUR photo which I have simply done a touch of processing too and whilst it isn't perfect it certainly has a lot more detail and impact. If you want to know what I have done, this is pretty much it:
Duplicated layer.
Set blending mode to Vivid Light
Reduced opacity of top layer down to about 50%
Flattened layers
Added a bit of Curves to push the contrast
Reduced saturation but not completely
Added a touch of sharpening, roughly 1.2 at 120%
Hope that helps. Obviously taking a pin sharp shot requires all the tips above. I just wanted to make sure you were seeing that you already have a decent, if not perfect, image.
Cheers,
Rob
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Thanks Rob, That looks great.
I don't do any post processing work to my photo's beyond correcting the histogram and fill light, and the occasional conversion to monochrome (for some reason the Canon EOS10D doesn't take B&W shots in Camera!
).
However, what you have done there is a definite improvement. I would love to achieve that in Camera. I suppose post processing just feels like cheating to me, unless you are going for an arty effect, and I just can't bring myself to do it.