Hi folks.

My normal editing process in PS for land and sea scapes is to use the quick selection tool to select the sky (and sometimes the sea), apply a mask, invert, then use Smart Sharpen.

Sometimes this is problematic and this image is I think, a good example. I want to sharpen the boats which is easy enough to do by selecting them and everything in front of them, including the water but that would leave the masts and guys unsharpened, which is a bummer as I think they are a key element.

Selecting the masts and guys seemed to me too hard or maybe impossible so I've done one image globally sharpened, one not at all. To my eye the better image is not sharpened.

Interested to know peoples thoughts on this and possible methods.

Not sharpened


Sharpened