Posted by John Moore on October 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I found this scene Saturday while exploring Mill Creek in the Hurricane Creek Wilderness, located in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. I'm constantly tweaking my processing workflow and would appreciate all comments, especially concerning color and saturation. Like all of you, I want vibrant yet realistic color, but please tell me if I've gone overboard.
Posted by Gale Rainwater on October 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Wow looks great to me John. Just a gorgeous image, I like everything.
Posted by Tom Kennon on October 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
John, it looks good to me. You have found a really nice scene, the fallen leaves add an extra touch to your photo.
Posted by Karla Hall on October 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Very nice...Saturation looks good on my end! Boy, you had some good color to work with! I like the low angle too...
Posted by Bill Dark on October 20, 2009 at 8:31 AM
This is nothing less than stunning, John! I love everything about it. Color and saturation are perfect IMO.
Posted by Bryan Simpson on October 20, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Before I even read your post, I said to my myself, "That's a gorgeous shot!" To me the colors are spot on. I don't know what your current workflow is, but I'd say it's a keeper.
Well done!
Posted by Aaron Szabo on October 20, 2009 at 1:03 PM
This a perfect fall picture!
Posted by Brad Mangas on October 20, 2009 at 1:06 PM
A very sweet image John, really nicely done.
Posted by Randy Wilson on October 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Wo, John, beautiful job.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on October 20, 2009 at 3:07 PM
The only way it could be more perfect would be to see it in person. Great comp, processing and result John.
The only improvement to this image I can see is if I could put my name on it instead of yours!
Well done!
Dave Hatfield
Posted by Scott Bean on October 21, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Beautiful! I wouldn't change a thing.
Posted by Ken Bachman on October 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM
It looks very good to me also, John. If you don't mind sharing briefly, what is your workflow? I'm sure a lot of us are constantly "tweaking" also and could learn a lot.
Posted by John Moore on October 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Sorry for the delayed response Ken. I shoot raw and use a white balance card on a second exposure. I import into Lightroom version 2. I set the white point from the image I shot of the white balance card. I make slight boosts to contrast, vibrance, and clarity most of the time. I then open the raw file in Photoshop via the Adobe Camera Raw plugin. Lightroom uses the same ACR engine, so I didn't make any changes in the Camera Raw window.
In Photoshop I use the Edit / Convert to Profile command to convert to my working monitor profile (that's probably where I differ from most everybody else. Yeah I know you're supposed to convert to sRGB, but I've just never been happy with the results.) For web sharpening I use a variant of the "oversharpen then reduce" approach: 1. I reduce the image to 2x the final size. 2. I run the Smart Sharpen filter twice then reduce to final size. Finally I use the Save for Web command and uncheck the "Convert to sRGB" box.
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13 repliesWell done!
Well done!
Dave Hatfield
In Photoshop I use the Edit / Convert to Profile command to convert to my working monitor profile (that's probably where I differ from most everybody else. Yeah I know you're supposed to convert to sRGB, but I've just never been happy with the results.) For web sharpening I use a variant of the "oversharpen then reduce" approach: 1. I reduce the image to 2x the final size. 2. I run the Smart Sharpen filter twice then reduce to final size. Finally I use the Save for Web command and uncheck the "Convert to sRGB" box.