Week 2 - Jay

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:41 pm

Jay,
It's really red...I know you are having an issue with the CMYK and have sent you a link to get the latest stable beta version.

Download that version and install. try this image again and repost.
Greg

Postby **mikemeister_admin** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:44 pm

Bear. Too red?

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:04 pm

Maybe just a touch...not too bad though...

Look at the before and after numbers in the hue clocks below.

The after is my neutral setting and the before is you image as posted. The A channel is tiny bit red. 1-2 I would not even mention it but 3 is certainly visible...

I know that I can find the neutral pretty fast. I've seen the image a few times before...

Move yours around a bit and see if you can find a spot like my neutral. If you have the hue clocks set to LAB keep the numbers between the 2's. That should help a bit on the color shifts as well.

The contrast looks much better and you preserved the golden quality of the light...
Overall a nice correction.

Forgot the attachment on the first pass..
Greg

Postby **mikemeister_admin** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:05 pm

Greg, did you mean to attach something to your previous post?

Postby **mikemeister_admin** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:07 pm

Sun Moon Lake. Better contrast but I'm not sure if we are trying to change some of the hues of the mountains or the water.

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:14 pm

Jay,
The haze is open to interpretation. Try for a fairly neutral tone near the center of the image near the far shore.

Things to look for...
There is a red fishing net being cast from the boat. see if you can find it and make it nice and red...
There is a temple on the mountain to the right see if you can bring out some of the details without blowing out the clouds on the left.

Greg

Postby **mikemeister_admin** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:35 pm

Taroko Gorge. I guessed that the whitecaps in the water were neutral.

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:38 pm

You guess correctly...increase the saturation in LAB to about 1.70 and see if the image is stronger now...

Greg

Postby **mikemeister_admin** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:17 am

Angkor Thom. I realize the foreground is somewhat blown out, but the background looks better.

ggroess · Postby **ggroess** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:20 am

It does look much better...the blacks could be a touch darker but you are getting there much quicker...
Jay can you start putting images into separate posts. This is getting confusing for me...

Good job overall on the image...
Greg

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