You seem to think that sharpening artifacts are something that must
accompany digital images. You say it reminds you of why you shoot film.
Sharpening artifacts can be the result of any overuse of the tool with
digital or scanned film images. You can make it look as soft as you
want.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Nov 30, 2004, at 3:44 PM, Jon Mitchell wrote:
> The 2nd picture (I think) of the heron in flight has way too much
> sharpening for my tastes. Especially visible around the legs of the
> bird. To me it just looks like a digital image. Call me fussy, but I
> want my photographs to look ... well ... Natural ? I would rather the
> image were slightly softer if it could lose that awful over-sharpened
> "highlight" around the heron. Digital can just look TOO sharp
> sometimes.
>
> None of that is a reflection on the photographer. I think his shots
> are
> fantastic. It does just remind me why I still shoot film, though. Now
> if only I could achieve his composition skills, I would probably be
> happy whatever the medium !!
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