All That Remains

People seemed to like (actually "like" is the wrong word) respond to the photograph I posted yesterday, so here are some others, part of the same series. All with the K100 (what else?) first two Hoya 24mm mf, second two with 18-55 mk1.

I Can't Make a Flower
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Afternoon Play
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Fairy Story

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Loss of Innocence

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Kind regards,
Andrew

I find these and the previous set, very moving they show a history of a person who we will never know.

The are all great shots, what is the secret of the sharpening that you do.
("new" sharpening treatment first.

Regards

Hi Colin,

Thanks for your kind remarks.

Gareth (of Cardiff fame) explained the "new" sharpening technique after various people remarked on my unsharp photos.

It's quite simple really. Do what you have to do as regards cropping, colour boost, levels etc. then make a copy of shot in layers. Go back to Filters - other - High Pass (I have a pre industrial revolution version of Photoshop) adjust it so that you can see some edges in the gloom (not too much, about 4 - 5, I reckon unless it's very soft). Then in Layers change the blend mode to either soft light, hard light or overlay, which ever looks best. You can further reduce the opacity if the effect's too strong. Then flatten the layers.

Let me knoe how you get on.

Regards,

Andrew

Thanks Andrew,
Will try it out on some shots soon, and post the images on the forum.

Regards

Does that involve copious amounts of the amber nectar (well beer) as well :

Lovely set yet again Andrew. First one my fav

Thank you Emma.

Gareth and Colin will you please stop discussing alcohol abuse when there are serious and touching photographs around!

Regards,

Andrew

Very poignant and touching. The one of the headless doll looks like a victim of some violent war. (Aren't all wars violent??)

Well done.

Howard

Thanks Howard. I actually considered not posting the last picture for this reason.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Wonderful photos again Andrew.
I already see the first book lying in a field of flowers, now that would be a impressive shot, maybe it's time to learn more about photoshop

I've never used high pass sharpening, I actually use unsharpening at different values for each colour, there are twice as much green pixels then blue or red so you don't need to sharpen that much but blue has the gives the most noise so that even gets a bit blurred.
I had this method from Matt that explained it here on this forum, don't know if I'm the only one still using it

Stefan,

Thank you for your kind words.

As regards your way of sharpening...it sounds perfectly logical: blue is a noisy channel (you've only got to look at a blue-heavy monochrome conversion. I wonder bwheree Matt got it from.

I'll have a go sometime and see if I can work it out!

Kind regards,

Andrew

I did some searching, it's almost 5 years old link

Stunning Andrew, simply stunning. They knock you back with their poignancy and mood, the evocation of so many thoughts regarding what happened there. They all look almost apocalyptic, post war, that kind of thing. Really, really moving stuff and the technique you have applied just makes the shot even more. I think I am going to have to try this myself....but the images?.....wonderful stuff.....some of your very, very best....

Thanks John,
PM sent.
A.

Liking these a LOT Andrew! Great bit of light in the first one here.