Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, George. Of course I see your point. I did my best in LR6, but it just didn?t work. Cheers, Herb Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. > On Jun 1, 2015, at 7:53 AM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> wrote: > > > On May 29, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >> I tried what you suggested. When I reduced red saturation enough to break >> up some of the solid central red, the periphery got a bit yellow, and >> playing with yellow parameters did not have much effect. I then started >> playing with magenta, which was a bit more successful, but I could not >> really resolve the central area without destroying the periphery. I >> thought at first I had an improved the picture, but when I made a direct >> comparison between the original and the ?improved? version, I did not >> feel it was improved enough to be worth posting. I think there were so >> many spines (petals?) that the central area just looked solid. > > I'd probably have tried doing the desaturation more selectively, using the > Adjustment Brush in Lightroom; or similar tools in Photoshop. > > Subjectively: Over saturated, solid color, lacking separation and detail, > simply does not work for my aesthetic purposes. > I've seen that "separation" can be found in most over saturated image > files; and believe it's best to bring it out to whatever extent possible. > > YMMV. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >