[Leica] IMG: Reworked

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Thanks to you both, the Queen of Bokeh and the Queen's King...
:-)

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 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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Bob Adler