Quote Originally Posted by TheBlueFish
Hey Peter,

Not a Sydney sider myself (from melb). I totally understand the water restrictions... similar impositions are in melb as well.

I think it looks soft mainly because the images were down sampled (not in ps). Perhaps I should do a 100% crop to give you guys an idea about the detail. At 100% res things look sharp.

Gary,

What do you mean "apply a mulitply at 35% opacity". Whould this amount duplicating the layer and setting it's blend mode to multiply and opacity to 35%?
Yes, 35% or less. Blend mode to multiply. Helps bring out clouds and creates a nice mood to the lighting at times. It does darken an image somewhat, but I would do it before converting and then increase the levels to get it back to looking properly exposed, then convert.