PS Camera Raw Clarity slider

[Colin Southern]

this is where you say why you no risten to me!!

Nah - this is where I say "Don't judge the sign post - just look at the direction it's pointing"!

At least you saved yourself a good tickling and smack on the hand!

[Soma Jones]

I find that there's a fairly predicable arc in my post processing when I learn a new technique. When I first started shooting camera raw a bit more than a year ago and discovered this clarity slider I fell in love with the "negative clarity effect" and wanted to use it all the time on all my shots. Then when I learned about sharpening and how to use USM and high pass filters I wanted to oversharpen everything. After awhile I seem to come to my senses and use more discretion with these techniques. Here's a photo I went to both extremes with. I still like the soft version though. I think it works with this particular image.