I had another go at those three, taking my time, being more careful about it, more hand crafting, less automation. The second one looks like one of the colours I actually see in those leaves. I think there is some complicated (real world) green colour casting going on with the other two, especially the third one. But even if they aren't correct they don't feel as objectionable as the ones in the top post to me.gardenersassistant wrote:Thanks.Howard Mayo wrote:The first three shots of this post I find a little on the yellow side and i'm curious to know if it's just me.
You are right about the yellows. They are horrible. The Choisya bush the insects were on gives me endless problems with colours for some reason. Certainly with the first of those, and possibly the others I don't recall, at least the red channel and possibly more was clipping badly. I pulled the exposure and the highlights down, and tried bringing the yellows down too, but very briefly, and very ineffective, and I gave up quickly as the reprocessing was a bit of a side issue and I didn't want to get bogged down with it. And it was the sharpness/detail/clarity that I was concentrating on. (I've started being much more careful about white balance with my flowers etc, using a grey card to set the white balance scene by scene (ish), with pleasing results. I think it is time I did the same with invertebrates.)
I think your Photoshop one is nearest to the reality, although tbh the colours are hugely varied on that bush, not just as the season moves on, but from leaf to leaf at a particular point in time, so it's difficult to know what the colours actually were for any particular capture.
Thanks for your help with this. It is so very helpful to get substantive feedback.
1443 C 01 0501 P1030648_PLab LR 1024w by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
1443 C 02 0501 P1030744_PLab LR 1024w by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
1443 C 03 0501 P1040059_PLab LR 1024w by gardenersassistant, on Flickr