On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:31:53 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who mentioned the banding in the background of this pic. > I went back to the RAW file and reworked it with a moderate amount of > saturation and contrast increase. However, I altered the temperature > and tint to make it more pleasing. It's probably closer to what I saw > at the time I took the shot. It was only a small change on the slider, > but the result is quite different. I did the original conversion almost > a year ago. This rework made me realize how much I've learned about the > PS CS converter in the time since.BTW I just finished a great book > "Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS by Bruce Fraser." A great read for > anyone who is trying to upgrade digital darkroom skills. > > Here's the new version: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3073939&size=lg > Here's the previous verion: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3071562&size=lg >
The first was good, the second is spectacular (by comparision). Much more "oomph". Both the getting rid of those digital artifacts and the slight colour adjustments make such a difference! It has a more "3D effect" to me (I know it's not really 3 dimensional, that's just the best way I can describe it); it's as if the bubbles are now separated from the background. I didn't get that feeling before. Great work-over, Paul! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
