Curvemeister Forum

Bringing out the color...

Since Martin went on the light side, I went on the dark side, so to speak...

Martin,

What's wrong with your skin color? Somewhat too red maybe?
It seems that the ambient light had a yellow cast to it, so when you set neutrals on the gray squares there would have been a shift to the blue, which may have shifted the overall tones somewhat to the red...

Just a thought.

Art

I don't know what a standard for "looking natural" is when viewing an insect at this high level of magnification, unless you're an entomologist perhaps.

Not sure about the relationship between the dragon fly and the background. Perhaps the background could mimic certain aspects of the dragon fly's wings...

It looks pretty spectaculor lit from the top.

Looks good. Maybe a little more sharpening and color variation?

Martin's image is very attractive.
Since he has done that, I needed to go in a different direction

Good for me.

Julie, great photo! In answer to your question: on my monitor the top of the mountain looks too orange -- unrealistically so. That is, much more orange than golden. I think there may also be some perspective distortion which makes the mountain seem like it's leaning backwards. That, and the fact tha...