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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:35:43 -0700
References: <64709320-5AF7-4CAA-81FD-D3AA4E9BAE18@acm.org> <45678576-51B8-48C6-B162-2694FFB6B7C8@icloud.com> <676508E2-09DD-441B-88E1-C812DA5DEA6F@acm.org> <797CD829-D47C-4F5E-8F95-12E62457AE75@icloud.com>

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 
> 
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> 
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Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: Friday Flower)