Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Nathan I think Moose overdid his correction a little - too contrasty, too much sharpening, too much saturation. Personally, I do tend to push these parameters to the limit, but this is just too much. It is, as you say, a nice example of feedback around the globe, but I much prefer your original shot. Cheers Douglas Nathan Wajsman wrote: > After I posted my PAWs from last week, one of my images (the one that > most of us, including myself, thought to be the best of the set) was > given the rare honour of being "moosterized" by Moose, a member of the > Olympus list who has a penchant for suggesting improvements to others' > pictures by posting a "before and after" version on his web site. This > is the original image, as I posted it: > http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/uploads/2008/39alt12.jpg > > Moose, as he often does, suggested punching up the contrast and > saturation significantly. Here is his "before and after" version: > http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Wajsman/39alt12.htm > > I tend to have a preference for muted colours and lower contrast, but > in this case I have to agree that his version represents an > improvement, and so this morning I went back to the original image and > played with adjustments in Lightroom until I got to something that > went some of the way, but not all the way, in the direction suggested > by Moose. The result is here: > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#386019421_EnS6t-O-LB > > It is a nice example of how feedback on these lists can happen across > many time zones and great distances. A nice illustration of the > positive impact of the internet and digital photography. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >