Mastering Photo Sharpness: A Detailed Tutorial
Fundamentals of Focus
Once photos are corrected, and before saving the file, you should focus all the pictures to recover sharpness lost during the correction process or simply to fix any possible blur. This is the basic technique to sharpen an entire photo:
- Step 1: Open the photo and set an appropriate zoom level for focusing. Depending on the photo’s size, use between 50% and 100%.
- Step 2: Once the photo is enlarged, select Filter / Sharpen / Unsharp Mask.
- Step 3: In the Unsharp Mask, there will be
Three Top Hats: A Critical Analysis of Miguel Mihura’s Play
Summary of *Three Top Hats*
The argumentative thread of *Three Top Hats* revolves around the relationship between Dionysius and Paula. Dionysius is returning to his hometown to marry his first (and only) girlfriend, Margarita, a 25-year-old woman who is unattractive but virtuous and wealthy. Dionysius stays at a hotel where a group of dancers has arrived, among them Paula, a happy, beautiful, and carefree girl. A group of bourgeois gentlemen organizes an evening party where the contrast between the
Read MoreStereotypes vs. Generalizations in Cultural Studies
Stereotypes vs. Generalizations
Vocabulary
- The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others: Ethnocentric
- The idea that actions have consequences: Karma
- Doubtfulness or uncertainty: Ambiguity
- The time when two people have a romantic relationship before getting married: Courtship
- A state of perfect knowledge or understanding: Enlightenment
- Giving unfair advantages to your own family if you are in a position of power: Nepotism
- To put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result:
Poetic Devices and Narrative Techniques in Literature
Poetic Licenses
Poetic licenses refer to the freedom that poets have to deviate from conventional rules of language to create specific effects. Here are some examples:
- Archaism: The use of an old or obsolete term. It is the survival of the language of the past into the language of the present or terms that do not belong to the age.
- Aphesis: The omission of an initial part of a word or phrase.
- Syncope: The omission of one or more sounds, letters, or syllables from the middle of a word.
- Apocope: The omission
Understanding Description and Narrative in Literature
The Description
A description is a detailed explanation of how certain people, places, or objects are ordered. There are two types of description: static (arranged in space) and dynamic (events that happen with regard to the facts).
Technical Description
A technical description involves:
- Observation: Considering everything that is going to be described and what elements make it up.
- Choice: Choosing only the most significant elements to describe.
- Structuring: Determining the order in which the elements
Expository Structures, Literary Realism, and Notable Spanish Authors
The Exhibition
It is a mode of discourse that explains and develops an idea or set of ideas. Its purpose is informative, and its dominant function is representative, derived from the aim of expanding the receiver’s knowledge.
Expository Structures
- Introduction: Establishes the issue and makes considerations about the method.
- Development: Reproduces the ideas.
- Conclusion: Formulates the final thesis in summary form, as a result of the development.
Inductive Method
From experience and observation of different
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