How do I fix the grass?

Energize

Energize

Energize

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I tend to take a lot of animal shots in fields, I don't know whether it's because of sharpening or not, but the grass does not come out well in my opinion, it seems rather "gritty" if you know what I mean, for example:

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What settings in Lightroom can I use to fix this?
 
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Looks maybe a tad oversharpened to my eyes, but scaling down to web resolution tends to do that.

I know it's not what you asked, but the shot would feel a lot more dramatic if you could edit out the fence wire :)
 
Yeah guys I realise the wire has to go, the grass thing is a more general issue I was asking about that affects a number of photos. :p

I'll also have a go playing around with the saturation and grass hues.

You really thing black and white it Raymond? Didn't think the tonal contrast was great enough for it to be effective.

This is a 100% crop.

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The horse is the focal point and will look awesome in B&W if done nicely. The grass I assume you're worried about because of the dull day. Convert to B&W and no one will care about the ground :)
 
Energize said:
Yeah guys I realise the wire has to go, the grass thing is a more general issue I was asking about that affects a number of photos. :p

I'll also have a go playing around with the saturation and grass hues.

You really thing black and white it Raymond? Didn't think the tonal contrast was great enough for it to be effective.

This is a 100% crop.

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Camera
NIKON D7000

Focal Length
45mm

Aperture
f/5.6

Exposure
1/1000s

ISO
1400​

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There isn't a lot of detail there and does look overly sharpened but...

Your at f5.6 and 1400iso, dof is shallow so i'm guessing it's all added up to the end result you've got.

Depth of field
Near limit 2.57 m
Far limit 3.59 m
Total 1.02 m

In front of subject 0.43 m (42%)
Behind subject 0.59 m (58%)

Lower ISO and smaller aperture (f8+) and you'll probably end up with a cleaner image / more detail. You've got room to do under similar conditions as that as shot with 1/1000 and using +1 exposure compensation.
 
Just to add as well if you're adding sharpening in LR in post, when you slide the 'masking' slider hold down the ALT key (PC) and it'll show you where the sharpening is applied. I rarely have masking set below 60, usually around 80 so it only does the very fine edges of an image.
 
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Sh4rkie said:
Just to add as well if you're adding sharpening in LR in post, when you slide the 'masking' slider hold down the ALT key (PC) and it'll show you where the sharpening is applied. I rarely have masking set below 60, usually around 80 so it only does the very fine edges of an image.
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This!

That way you don't end up sharpening the sky and other large blocks or areas that should be smooth.
 
Sh4rkie said:
Just to add as well if you're adding sharpening in LR in post, when you slide the 'masking' slider hold down the ALT key (PC) and it'll show you where the sharpening is applied. I rarely have masking set below 60, usually around 80 so it only does the very fine edges of an image.
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Yeah I used to use that, but found that the results overall weren't as pleasing to me generally, maybe I'll try it again sometime.

Above&Beyond said:
Was this shot on auto ISO or did you set it?
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Auto.
 
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