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That red boat again - portrait this time.
Hope you all had a great weekend.
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Kate
| Camera: | Nikon D200  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 10-20mm |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Reflections |
| Username: | 
katieb |
| Uploaded: | 29 Jun 2008 - 8:19 PM |
| Tags: | Blakeney, Fishing boat, Landscape / travel, Norfolk, Red boat, Transport |
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Brilliant image. The colours are just great. Well taken.
Sharon
Very oversaturated for me and doesnt reflect your usual quality of work. In addition the red on the boat has gone very flat .. giving an almost 2d effect with no real shape retained ... if you like this processing then at least create a new layer and rework the boat .. maybe dropping the exposure a notch to retain detail.
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Dan
Cheers all.
@ Dan - I was doing a little bit of experimenting here, which possibly hasn't worked - the colours were there I haven't increased the saturation but I decreased the exposure to darken the image which made the colours more intense then I tone mapped the image, which is probably where I went wrong, doing this did alter the red of the boat - just experimenting which I should never do as I really don't know what I am doing not really into alot of P/Shopping. Have just looked at the original after raw conversion it is better and how I should have left it.
Thank you for your comment.
kate
[quotejust experimenting which I should never do as I really don't know what I am doing]
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Experimenting is EXACTLY what you should be doing and there's nothing wrong with uploading to get feedback. Not mentioning what you have done is also not a bad idea too ...
I had a feeling the shot was tone mapped from it's overall 'look' but wasn't totally sure. I have used this type of technique for a couple of years now .. layering over a tone mapped layer or even a full HDR shot and then masking and blending the opacity to suit.
The boat is the area that needs most work. As it has rendered 2D ... a new layer and then just using the eraser tool or a layers mask with to reveal the non tone mapped layer below would help here .. giving you the benefits of the tone mapping where you want it and less impact where you dont.
I usually do this with a soft brush set to about 20% opacity and keep working away until I have the area Im working on looking as it should.
Im sure that but including this type of technique you can improve the raw file (altho not all shots needs this element of processing of course) .... dont be put off tho!
One thing to watch with the tone mapping is that it often does make adjustments to the cast in the overall colours and can then make images look unusual.
Work the new layer with either channel mixer (to get the colours right) or convert the whole image to CMYK (in mode) ... play with the yellows, megentas etc making slight adjustments until you are happy then convert the whole file back to RGB when you think the file is looking 'right'.
Dan
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