[Leica] IMG: Friday Flower

[George Lottermoser]

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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