minor differences, need opinions

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

12/25/2004 06:10:10 AM · #1

original

levels to entire, overlay effect applied only to metal via layer mask, sharpening to entire image.

levels to entire, overlay to entire, sharpening only to metal.

any comments would be appreciated. i fear the metal may be a bit too dark/strong of a red considering the surroundings. this is my first time using layer masks, and maybe am using them for the wrong purposes. let me know what you think (bad color cast? too dark? not sharp enough? bad crop? too unnatural?) - any comments are appreciated!

thanks in advance.

nicklevy

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

12/25/2004 09:47:09 AM · #2

I like better the 3rd version but I do think the overlay effect maybe too strong.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/25/2004 10:51:12 AM · #3

Overall, I prefer the unedited image to either of the tweaked ones, but it's far from perfect. I don't think the added sharpness and the saturated color are helping you here, the picture wants to feel more massively gentle and eroded I think. I'd try going the other way with some selective softening, and possibly some desaturation of the sand.

(robt)

Sunniee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/25/2004 11:16:17 AM · #4

I agree, I like the unedited one better of the three... This subject seems to need softness...

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/25/2004 03:04:30 PM · #5

hmm, never thought about it that way.. guess i was hung up on the idea that things should be sharp.. i'll give it a try tonight! thanks for you input, and happy holidays!

jgal76

Nikon D70

12/25/2004 03:07:48 PM · #6

Definitely the unedited for me too.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/25/2004 04:51:28 PM · #7

It's good object lesson, actually; sometimes we get so hung up on a concept of what we think OUGHT to be that we don't even see what IS.

(robt)

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

12/26/2004 05:17:03 AM · #8

i just realized, when going back to edit it in photoshop, that the version in photoshop is nowhere near as dark and dramatic looking as the same exact version when i upload it here. i resize the tif, convert and save to jpg.. and then display that jpg at full resolution in photoshop, just the same size it would display on here.. but it looks completely different!

any ideas why??

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/26/2004 12:33:58 PM · #9

JPGs are RGB images, your tiff may be a CMYK image. Cyan Magenta Yellow Black (K) are the colors used for 4-color process printing, and basically for most ink-jet printers, though some are experimenting with different mixes now.

There's a noticeable difference in image tonalities between the two, and cmyk makes larger files also. Many photoshop filters won't function on cmyk images, incidentally. RGB works best for online display, cmyk works best for wysiwyg printing (at least for me), so I keep both versions of same image around.

So check to see if that's the reason.

(robt)