Lightroom: Sharpening

Lightroom: Sharpening

I’ve read a lot of complaints about how Lightroom renders RAW (RAF) Fujifilm files. I think the main complaint is that the sharpening causes little squiggly worms. I didn’t notice until I looked for them. After that I think I panicked and overcompensated. For a while I was just dropping the sharpening to zero. Luckily I realized that was dumb. I thought it’d be interesting to compare here, where I view the images at a larger size than on Instagram.

The first image has the default sharpening (40). I dropped the sharpening on the second image to 0. They’re the same images, just different crops.


Dick’s, Capitol Hill, Seattle, December 2019. Sharpening at 40.

Dick’s, Capitol Hill, Seattle, December 2019. Sharpening at 40.


Dick’s, Capitol Hill, Seattle, December 2019. Sharpening at 0.

Dick’s, Capitol Hill, Seattle, December 2019. Sharpening at 0.