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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Insects on Flowers
> Although I do use the histogram it's obviously not enough. This is
> certainly not the first time you've pointed out problems due to a
> clipped color channel. I don't even think to look for it in someone
> else's image.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 8/28/2011 6:29 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 8/28/2011 1:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> I like both of them. But, like a previous one on the orange
>>> Cosmos flower, busy bee seems to have a color balance problem with
>>> the orange dominating everything. I worked a couple minutes on the
>>> previous one to see if I could make it look better but couldn't.
>>> Never did figure out what's wrong with it other than my eyes.
>>
>> The major problem is considerable clipping in the red channel. The
>> image doesn't look all that bright, so clipping may not immediately
>> come to mind, but it's sure there.
>>
>> Our eyes know when something like that is off, even if our brains
>> don't know why. The colors in the flower are flattened, with little
>> natural variation in brightness. It can be largely recovered with the
>> Highlight tool in PS. Color looks much more natural, although
>> probably not quite what an unclipped image would show.
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Nichols/Busy_Bee_001.htm>
>>
>> Just correcting the blocked red channel brought the bee to much more
>> natural colors, but I also adjusted it individually to help it stand
>> out and look 'bee' color.
>>
>> Bee Moose
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