just seeing these now, i barely check anything outside the logo thread, because buidling the portrait database takes up all of the time at the moment. gold! the dual lighting effect is applied brilliantly, looks natural (as if shot that way initially).
@Milho28 you have several sharpening options/filters in photoshop and other graphics applications, which have become better over time, and with the addition of ai, there are a lot more possibilities.
1. camera raw filter -> there is an option for sharpening in the »details« section of the menu;
2. high pass filter (this is where it’s at) as well and then you pick the blend mode that has the best effect - usally something between soft light and linear light;
3. adding contrast also gives the viewer the impression that the image is sharper.
there are also options for both opacity and fill, which are not the same. worth checking out tutorials online. an example (for portraits skip to around minute 13):
this picture is basically already sharp and hd. if you have a low quality picture to start with, it won’t turn out this way.