Thanks, Chuck.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Insects on Flowers
> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Moose"<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 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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