Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, I prefer the top one too. http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/2005_2 original shot (top image) I hope the photographer doesn't mind me having taken the liberty of downloading the original, please feel free to play with any of mine , but if I catch anyone selling them ............... As a test of some freeware demos I downloaded a couple of weeks ago I ran the shot through both Colorcast_FX and DCE. I think DCE preserves a lot of the warmth of the scene but applies a, to me, pleasant reduction at the red end of the spectrum without ruining the atmosphere.A romantic "of course I love you" theme http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/top_dce Colorcast_FX brings out what I think may be the "true" colours, the blue of the young mans jeans and the skin tones, however the atmosphere here goes down the drain, making it a less romantic "but we can still be friends" shot http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/top_ccf I think the crux of the matter is whether you want to capture a particular atmosphere or mood - what the colours should be is purely a personal thing, "eye of the beholder" stuff. Douglas Both were applied with the "straight out of the box" standard settings, not tweaked by me in any way. Eric wrote: > George: > > >>I'd enjoy a poll: please see <http://www.imagist.com/colors/> (now >>peter's image - hope that's ok peter) and let us know which photograph >>you find most compelling as a photograph. > > > I prefer the top one, but I agree that it's still off...not quite right. > > -- > Eric > http://canid.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >