I agree with Paul. The more vibrant version is more interesting. The colour in the first version is a bit too subtle to my eye.
Cheers Brian On Thu, Sep 22, 2016, at 06:44 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > A friend sent me a note that she really wanted a print of one of my > snake and skull photos for her daughter, so I worked it up and sent her > a copy of the file to print: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/29744792311/in/album-72157674075743956/ > > She thanked me, and without my asking for it, sent me some money, which > was appreciated. She also mentioned that the unemployed graphic artist > she had sitting around the house had "punched it up" a bit at her > request by using levels. I could see the aesthetics in what they were > going for, but felt that with the proper tools (lightroom adjustment > brush used on the raw file) it could be done a bit better. > > This is my version post "making the snake pop more" > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/29222522194/in/album-72157674075743956/ > > in short, I boosted the saturation and a little color balance on the > stripes, and decreased the saturation and tonality of the skull, and > deepened some of the shadows a bit. > > I'd appreciate some critique comparing the two versions, which works, or > not, and why. > > FWIW, my goal was to make the colors of the snake pop more, but still > have things look reasonably realistic, if not perfectly accurate. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
