[Leica] IMG: Reworked

[Steve Barbour]

On Sep 8, 2014, at 9:37 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few weeks ago I mentioned discovering and beginning to learn to use
> luminosity masking in photoshop. I'm still practicing and so I went back to
> an old image I was never quite satisfied with and started from scratch
> using luminosity masks in conjunction with my other Photoshop processing
> techniques. Here is a side-by-side comparison:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/Side-by-Side.jpg.html


Tara and I separately looked at this side by side comparison, coming to very similar conclusions... we prefer the right image as it looks more natural. The left at first glance looked superficially more impressive, then we decided that having  comparison views creates an illusion that the left is better as the colors are more intense/saturated, but ultimately exagerated... so our preference is for the right hand view.

Exageration almost always looks better at first, but like caricature it doesn't last, and ultimately it looks like caricature.

Our 2 cents, we'll likely stick to it for better or worse, at least until tomorrow.

Steve


> 
> I'm curious as to which is preferred by anyone who wishes to chime in: the
> left or the right image. Suggestions on how to improve your preferred image
> would, of course, be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for looking and your help,
> Bob
> 
> -- 
> Bob Adler
> 
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