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a vendor showing her creations…
the shadow of a flower on a concrete floor...
Chris101
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That IS nice - the angle of the light in #1 makes that picture work. #2 and 3 are just showing off your eye.
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a response!!
thanks chris!
thanks chris!
Godfrey
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a vendor showing her creations…
the shadow of a flower on a concrete floor...
Nice light.
All three would be improved if you reduced the cyan-ish tint, IMO.
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how do i do that in pse?
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better?
Godfrey
somewhat colored
better?
Better by a small margin.
I don't use PSE but in LR I'd either use the Tint slider in the Basic adjustment tools, or go to the HSL tools and do a targeted click and drag to reduce the saturation of cyan or shift it to a more pleasant mix.
Same operation although with different UI in PS CS5.
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i have an untrained eye in colour…not even sure what to look for or how to tell there is a cyan cast to the images.
i would not/did not even notice it in the originals i posted.
though i do think the second one i posted looks 'cleaner' or more neutral...
i would not/did not even notice it in the originals i posted.
though i do think the second one i posted looks 'cleaner' or more neutral...
gb hill
Veteran
I guess you need a trained eye to see it. I only saw it in #2 only after compairing the two images & looking at the flowers. #2 photo is much improved & yes Joe, you had some lovely light working for you.
batterytypehah!
Lord of the Dings
Nice captures, Joe!
I also struggle with color post-processing but in these examples, since there are clean highlights (slightly blown, in fact -- which is not meant as criticism) wouldn't it be easiest to slide those back to pure white, with whichever tool that is in a given software?
At my laptop right now which is not the best screen but I agree, the second version is better.
I also struggle with color post-processing but in these examples, since there are clean highlights (slightly blown, in fact -- which is not meant as criticism) wouldn't it be easiest to slide those back to pure white, with whichever tool that is in a given software?
At my laptop right now which is not the best screen but I agree, the second version is better.
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so, moving to a pure white would reduce the cyan cast?
i also like the second version...
i also like the second version...
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what do you think?
Godfrey
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Here's a quick cleanup on the three images, comparing adjusted and original JPEGs. While not perfect, perfect is impossible because everyone's eye is different, they're a lot more pleasing to my eye.
Each required slightly different adjustments. The numbers are Lightroom adjustment parameters. The 0 setting is "as shot." Tint+ goes to magenta, WB+ goes to warm, etc.
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news shooter
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Tint
Tint
Joe,
Nice shots. Great use of light.
They way that if was taught is to use your color balance and/or tint sliders and err on the warm side especially for skin tones. More toward 5500k. Was taught to move your slider to the extreme to see the difference. Then back and forth until you find the sweet spot.
A lot of post is trial and error.
Sorry about the long wind here.
Also if you have eye droppers if you have them to click on the highlights and the other dropper for mid tones. That will help get you there.
Be aware though and go easy on yourself as a trained eye takes some practice. Be patient. Anyway hope this helps
Ns
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Joe,
Nice shots. Great use of light.
They way that if was taught is to use your color balance and/or tint sliders and err on the warm side especially for skin tones. More toward 5500k. Was taught to move your slider to the extreme to see the difference. Then back and forth until you find the sweet spot.
A lot of post is trial and error.
Sorry about the long wind here.
Also if you have eye droppers if you have them to click on the highlights and the other dropper for mid tones. That will help get you there.
Be aware though and go easy on yourself as a trained eye takes some practice. Be patient. Anyway hope this helps
Ns
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i need to figure out how this all translates tp pse…
thanks godfrey for the time & effort…and to those who pitched in with comments also…much appreciated.
thanks godfrey for the time & effort…and to those who pitched in with comments also…much appreciated.
zauhar
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Joe, I like #2 the best. Your original was really saturated, but I like it.
The cyan cast of #1 was the only one that showed that, so far as I could tell, and that was perhaps a quality of the light. The adjustment provided by Godfrey is indeed more pleasing the the eye, but was your original closer to what your eye took in?
Randy
The cyan cast of #1 was the only one that showed that, so far as I could tell, and that was perhaps a quality of the light. The adjustment provided by Godfrey is indeed more pleasing the the eye, but was your original closer to what your eye took in?
Randy
SausalitoDog
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Terrific, Joe
Great eye...very nice
Great eye...very nice
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i like a saturated and contrasty image…
the farmers market is located inside an old bus barn, has skylights in various places for light and then i think the rest of the light comes from florescents…
lots of bad colour due to reflections of many different coloured objects that are for sale.
the farmers market is located inside an old bus barn, has skylights in various places for light and then i think the rest of the light comes from florescents…
lots of bad colour due to reflections of many different coloured objects that are for sale.
Godfrey
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You're welcome.
Ah, that's why three different adjustments ... many different light sources of different characteristics.
I see cyan shifts very easily .. I guess all that time at the photofinisher made me pretty critical when the printers got it wrong. Most of the time photos can take a little more red-yellow bias with less distraction than cyan to my eye.
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