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For Enhanced Detail, Rich Charpentier Advises High Pass Filtration

©Bert Gildart: Here’s a technique I learned yesterday from Rich Charpentier, a good friend who provides informative photo seminars from his base in Prescott, Arizona. As well Rich has a print shop located not far from the town’s historic courtyard center.

Right now Rich’s class to Vulture Ghost Town is full, but you can still get into his next class, one which will center on an incredible area known as White Pockets. Rich, as I’ve discovered before (and from his blog), not only knows the areas around which he centers his class, but can convey this knowledge. He is a born communicator, a patient and persistent teacher.

HIGH PASS FILTER

The technique Rich shared with me by phone is intended to increase the definition of an image in a way no other technique can equal. You must have PhotoShop. To duplicate the technique create a new layer (Ctrl J), then use a High Pass filter on the layer, which will create a faint “etching” that seems foreign to the original.


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THOUGH NOT PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC IN THESE SMALLER IMAGES, TRY “HIGH PASS FILTRATION” FOR ENHANCED DETAILED THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND WHEN ENLARGED. BEFORE ON L.


You’ll have to experiment with the pixel change, but I set mine to 9. Then blend the two layers (original and new) using Hard Light or Vivid Light, and behold, you’ve created an image whose impact has just been increased dramatically, particularly apparent with larger images.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY MANY

The technique really helps to amplify the floral structures of wildflowers (as they’re now appearing in Anza Borrego!), and if your goal is to generate an appreciation of the natural world – or just the world around you –through the art of photography, Rich can help!

To learn more about PhotoShop, Lightroom and photography, and do so in unique settings, I join many others in recommending his photo seminars.


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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 1:25 pm and is filed under Photography, Travel, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “For Enhanced Detail, Rich Charpentier Advises High Pass Filtration”

  1. Kathy Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    That is amazing! I just tried it and I love the effect. Rich Charpentier is one of my favorite blogs to follow.

  2. Rich Charpentier Says:
    February 28th, 2010 at 7:40 am

    Thanks for the mention Bert. And thanks for the comment Kathy! I really appreciate it. And glad you liked that little trick Bert.

    Oh, I have a great new trick for a very edgy portrait technique I learned last week in Lightroom. There are just too many fun toys for photos.

    Hope you’re still having fun in Borrego!