[Leica] Tree Treatments

[Don Dory]

I think that the saturated blue works better: the expedient with
desaturating the blue channel is certainly interesting and visually
appealing.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 2:27 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> While camping at Topaz Lake in Nevada I spied these trees while eating
> breakfast and decided to try my hand.  I was originally planning B&W,
> but tried something new.  View large if you like.  The Q2 can handle it.
>
> Here is the color version, taken with a polarizer.
>
> Topaz Lake Campground-1020025-2 (leica-users.org)
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s21/Topaz+Lake+Campground-1020025-2.jpg.html
> >
>
> Then a typical B&W treatment with Lightroom
>
> Topaz Lake Campground-1020025-4 (leica-users.org)
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s21/Topaz+Lake+Campground-1020025-4.jpg.html
> >
>
> Then I decided to keep the color on the tree and just desaturate the
> blue channel using the slider in Lightroom
>
> Topaz Lake Campground-1020025 (leica-users.org)
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s21/Topaz+Lake+Campground-1020025.jpg.html
> >
>
> The next three photos do the same thing but with a different view.  Have
> a look.  I think I like this vertical better.
>
> I kind of like the hybrid B&W treatment for these.
>
> Comments welcome
>
> Aram
>
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