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- Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, NY
- Corvette
- '00 Triple Black Convertible
cavettefan said:
I've seen Glenn's car at a show, and he does a great job of meticulously maintaining it.
There were quite a few cars at the show, and all the C5s had the same level of finish -- clearly well cared for (as you can see from the picture of the show I posted above).
Regarding the sharpening, many digital cameras have the effect built in. If people are not that familiar with it, they may not even realize that the photos are being artificially "enhanced." You really need to know what to look for in the photos -- typically white sparkles, edges enhanced to white, and glare that is hard to supress in the pictures -- like windshield areas or the straight line jaggies of a coupe rear window.
Here's an interesting link on the subject:
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/Glossary/Digital_Imaging/Sharpening_01.htm
And here's part of what it says:
"Most consumer digital cameras will, as a part of normal image processing apply some level of sharpening, to counteract the effects of the interpolation of colours during the colour filter array decoding process (which will soften detail slightly). The problem with in-camera sharpening is that it increases the visibility of jaggies and can increase the visibility of other image artifacts.
Recently, digital cameras have allowed users to control the amount of sharpening applied to an image (menu option), the primary reason for this is the widespread use of image processing applications, the "digital darkroom" and the ability to control artifacts related to sharpening. Higher-end digital SLR's and other cameras which support RAW format don't apply any sharpening..."
Again, Glenn's car looks fantastic in person, and even better in the pictures.
