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Sharpening

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Image selected as cover for coffee table book "Water Garden Lifestyles".

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Kids Web magazine Issue 45 published

Heiko Spallek among the 2006 and 2007 Aquascape Photo Contest winners: First Place and a honorable mention for People and Ponds and two honorable mentions in the category Pets and Ponds as well as a second place in 2007.

New travel journal Websites released: Southeast Alaska, Galapagos Islands, Crete 2006 and Florida

Heiko Spallek presented as featured photographer on PhotoSig's homepage on 10/2/2007

Sharp images "pop"

The use of sharpening is widespread among professional photographers. Most digital amateur photographers trust that their camera will deliver a sharp image as long as they correctly focus. This is a myth! And, you can tell this often yourself when your images just don't "pop off the page." There is little sharpening done inside the camera for the simple reason that sharpening must be done for the output media and output size. Thus, there is nothing like a sharpened "original," but only a sharpened version for the Web or a sharpened version for a 5x7 print on glossy paper and another sharpened version for a 12x16 print on matte paper.

With the help of modern sharpening tool, almost all images can be improved in their final appearance. However, this needs to be done with the final output in mind. A sharpened image can be used only for the one intended purpose. For a new purpose, a different sharpening must be done. We can prepare images for any kind of output purposes, however below you see only examples for sharpening for Web display because sharpening for print cannot be properly shown here.


 

Costs for these services
Effort depends on the quality of the provided image material and on the requirements for the output. Please contact us for an estimate for your individual needs.

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