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Desaturation
On 2016-08-24 14:53, Tony Cooper wrote:
Sometimes bright colors add to a photograph, but there are times when they dominate the image to the detriment of the image. I liked this image of the girl in the red hat, but the red seemed to just take over the image. Looking back over some old images, I decided to see what it would look like desaturated but not to the point of being a monochrome. Here's both the original (2015-01-06-9A) and the desaturated version (2015-01-06-9B). https://www.dropbox.com/sh/abn35vcs3...wqKopO-ua?dl=0 Seems to have stolen all the punch. You could have selected the hat and desaturated in that area only (with whatever technique suits you). https://www.dropbox.com/s/8icggkzqzg...nCooRedHat.png 1 Magic Wand selection (sloppily-didn't spend much time) 2 While selected Image | Adjustments | Hue Saturation Desaturated the reds slightly. This allowed the skin tones to be kept and the hat to lose its dominance. -- She hummed to herself because she was an unrivaled botcher of lyrics. -Nick (Gone Girl), Gillian Flynn. |
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Desaturation
On 8/26/2016 6:13 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:54:32 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2016-08-24 14:53, Tony Cooper wrote: Sometimes bright colors add to a photograph, but there are times when they dominate the image to the detriment of the image. I liked this image of the girl in the red hat, but the red seemed to just take over the image. Looking back over some old images, I decided to see what it would look like desaturated but not to the point of being a monochrome. Here's both the original (2015-01-06-9A) and the desaturated version (2015-01-06-9B). https://www.dropbox.com/sh/abn35vcs3...wqKopO-ua?dl=0 Seems to have stolen all the punch. You could have selected the hat and desaturated in that area only (with whatever technique suits you). https://www.dropbox.com/s/8icggkzqzg...nCooRedHat.png 1 Magic Wand selection (sloppily-didn't spend much time) 2 While selected Image | Adjustments | Hue Saturation Desaturated the reds slightly. This allowed the skin tones to be kept and the hat to lose its dominance. Thanks, Alan, but that wasn't what I was after. At all. Selecting an area and making a change is, if you'll forgive the pun here, old hat for me. I wanted that global change. Your opening statement noted overwhelming red however you said nothing about wanting to change the mood of the photo. Why in the world are you surprised that people are suggesting ways to reduce the impact of the red hat? Maybe if your subject were, say: Desaturation and mood (or some such) you'd have gotten properly topical responses. [YMMV] == Later... Ron C -- |
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Desaturation
"Ron C" wrote:
| Your opening statement noted overwhelming red | however you said nothing about wanting to change | the mood of the photo. | He said that in his first response to SD. He started out presenting it as an example of desaturation, implying that he though the red was detracting from the face. I had the same impression you did. But in his response to SD he explained that 1) it actually wasn't just desaturation that he did and 2) he was aiming to make the girl look wretched, which he did by overcontrasting to give her a slightly sooty chimneysweep look. Personally I don't think it works. Her expression doesn't have the requisite despair or vacancy to go with the wretchedness. Meanwhile, the original appeal -- the bloom of youth -- has been lost. A matter of taste, I suppose. Either way, it seems the desaturating was only a minor factor. |
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Desaturation
On 2016-08-26 18:13, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:54:32 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2016-08-24 14:53, Tony Cooper wrote: Sometimes bright colors add to a photograph, but there are times when they dominate the image to the detriment of the image. I liked this image of the girl in the red hat, but the red seemed to just take over the image. Looking back over some old images, I decided to see what it would look like desaturated but not to the point of being a monochrome. Here's both the original (2015-01-06-9A) and the desaturated version (2015-01-06-9B). https://www.dropbox.com/sh/abn35vcs3...wqKopO-ua?dl=0 Seems to have stolen all the punch. You could have selected the hat and desaturated in that area only (with whatever technique suits you). https://www.dropbox.com/s/8icggkzqzg...nCooRedHat.png 1 Magic Wand selection (sloppily-didn't spend much time) 2 While selected Image | Adjustments | Hue Saturation Desaturated the reds slightly. This allowed the skin tones to be kept and the hat to lose its dominance. Thanks, Alan, but that wasn't what I was after. At all. Selecting an area and making a change is, if you'll forgive the pun here, old hat for me. I wanted that global change. The way you desaturated it in your first example makes it look rather pukey, IMO. -- She hummed to herself because she was an unrivaled botcher of lyrics. -Nick (Gone Girl), Gillian Flynn. |
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