Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/01

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Flower
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:53:56 -0500
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On May 29, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:

> I tried what you suggested. When I reduced red saturation enough to break 
> up some of the solid central red, the periphery got a bit yellow, and 
> playing with yellow parameters did not have much effect. I then started 
> playing with magenta, which was a bit more successful, but I could not 
> really resolve the central area without destroying the periphery. I 
> thought at first I had an improved the  picture, but when I made a direct 
> comparison between the original and the ?improved? version, I did not feel 
> it was improved enough to be worth posting. I  think there were so many 
> spines (petals?) that the central area just looked solid.

I'd probably have tried doing the desaturation more selectively, using the 
Adjustment Brush in Lightroom; or similar tools in Photoshop.

Subjectively: Over saturated, solid color, lacking separation and detail, 
simply does not work for my aesthetic purposes.
I've seen that "separation" can be found in most over saturated image files; 
and believe it's best to bring it out to whatever extent possible.

YMMV. 

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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