Another vote for the vibrant version. - Marco
> On Sep 22, 2016, at 4:51 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
