Moose,
With my limited ability, and the limitations of PSE, I have reworked the
Busy Bee image, using the suggestions I have received. I replaced the
original image, same link.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Busy+Bee_001.jpg.html
Thanks to both you and Chuck for the helpful suggestions.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Insects on Flowers
> 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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