Yet another vote for the vibrant version. It's just about the right amount too, neatly avoiding the "dial it to 11" inclination.
And it's a fine, dramatic image too. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
