Ah, much better. The bee is now separated from the overwhelming orange
of the original. But I do think I'd try to increase the saturation of
the orange a bit. I don't the flower so don't know how well the image
duplicates its color. But the orange does strike me as a little flat.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/29/2011 12:54 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 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>
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> 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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