Fraser's Hill Outing - 7-10 Aug 2011

[The Plane]

Lovely series Chng! Cutting down the sharpening would reduce the haloing around the butterfly, especially around the antenna.

Thanks Ant. I've replaced the first 2 photos. Like it when people tell me something is wrong with my photos

[Blue Nawab]

Terrific Shots Guys!

[moloch]

You guys take such amazing photos. There are just so many good shots here. I love the perfect lighting on the Magpie Crow and the Autumn Leafwing with the leaf. The open winged Malayan Owl is excellent but then the others are equally good. What a trip! I will return to this post many times.

[Silverstreak]

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!

[Glorious Begum]

So many good shots. Love it. Post more.

[Bluebottle]

L6. Paduca-fasciata
L7. Polyura delphis concha (Jewel Nawab)
L8. Polyura delphis concha (Jewel Nawab) - There were two JN landed on that day
L9. Cyrestis manenalis martini (Dark Mapwing)
L10. Cyrestis manenalis martini (Dark Mapwing)
L11. Cyrestis manenalis martini (Dark Mapwing) - Just like those drooping eyes

[Bluebottle]

L12. Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana)
L13. Plain Banded Awl (Hasora vitta)
L14. Udara dilecta
L15. Small Wood Nymph (Ideopsis gaura prakana)
L16. Small Wood Nymph (Ideopsis gaura prakana)
L17. Malayan Owl (Neorina Lowii neophyta)
L18. Malayan Owl (Neorina Lowii neophyta)

[Leopard Lacewing]

T. linna

[Yamfly]

continue with some more pictures....

Love the panoramic look of this pic.

[Leopard Lacewing]

Picture of Chng & Loke...