Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, one more... call it Door #4. In this one, I made the blue less "nuclear" and tried for a compromise between realistic flesh tones and the light that was falling on the girl and her Dad from the tank. This led to a purple/greenish cast that happened to match the girl's clothes. Which reminds me of the color scheme on late 1990s HP calculators, which I don't like. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/PC110256-corr2.jpg.html> I've also brightened the girl in picture #1 (link below). Big thanks to everyone who commented. Does version #4 change anybody's mind? To show you what I was up against, here is a wider picture of the "fish tunnel." Blue and purple light from the left, green from the the right, sunlight from above, and orange from the rear. The woman's hair was not dyed purple, that's the light. I just went for reasonable flesh tones on this one and called it a day. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/PC110259.jpg.html> I can't claim total credit for the masking. Capture One now has "AI masking." It can detect whole bodies, faces, eyes, similar colors or luminosities, etc. This is a tremendous time-saver. It's so much easier when the software gets it mostly right, and all I have to do is make minor corrections. --Peter ---- > My photo of the little girl encountering a stingray in the Maui Ocean > Center's "Open Ocean" tunnel has turned into a major project, because of > the extreme mixed light. There is no "right" answer to this one, but I'm > curious how people feel about I've now made three versions: > > 1. The original, very blue, which is what things actually looked like to me. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/54237597305/in/dateposted-public/> > > 2. A new version where the girl is reasonably color-balanced, and the > underwater environment is still very blue. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/54241365170/in/dateposted-public/> > > 3.? A B&W version, which sidesteps the "mixed light hell" issues > entirely, but loses the blue underwater "feel," and the separation > between Fish World and Human World of #2. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/54240949986/in/dateposted-public/> > > Comments welcome. Door #1, Door #2, or Door #3? > > --Peter