Terrific shots guys!!

Only wish I was there!

About Sharpening:

Do not confine sharpening routine to just pure USM , it has its limitation and as Anthony pointed out it leads to halo if overdone. Further, if you do not use mask then it would sharpen the whole picture. Preferably you want to be able to do ""selective sharpening"" on your picture to bring the subject to the front.

For Halo-less sharpening , there are many sharpening approaches out there and they are all on the net waiting for you to learn. If Ah Pek like me can find and learn it , I am sure tech savy youngsters like you guys should have no problem .

For example LAB Sharpening. Oh no no no !! It is not sending to the Laboratory for sharpening.

LAB is one of the image mode of Photoshop , it stands for LAB (Lightness, A, B) color mode . So far that is the most satisfactory halo-less sharpening approach.



Cheers!