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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:28 pm

G'day, like to know what you think of the PP on this. Does exposure/colour look right on your side?

Processed in Aperture, sharpened in PS3.

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Postby Pa on Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:35 pm

number 1 looks best on my computer, good shot


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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:40 pm

Interesting, thanks mate :)
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Postby ATJ on Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:29 pm

The exposure of #2 looks better, but the colours look artificial.
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:33 pm

Cheers, that's the kind of info i'm after, I thought a similar thing even though the saturation is quite small. Back to the drawing board...
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Postby ChemicalHorizon on Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:53 pm

Im going with what others have said as well, to me the water in #2 in particular blue...but no ocean blue...if that makes sense. Perhaps a polariser may have helped the shot. *shrugs
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:36 pm

Well i've seen it on a few computers now and with different browsers and it does look pretty fake in the water! I'll redo it and let ya know. Thanks for the feedback...
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:40 pm

Now i'm confused. It looks sweet on safari, but really crap on Flock?? And i do all my images and check them on Safari! Hope all my shite is not wrong...
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Postby seeto.centric on Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:36 am

hmmmm i think this is what you tried to achieve - but something in the middle of the 2 would be ideal IMO.

however if i had to pick one, id say the PP'd one. there seems to be more life in it. the original looks a bit dull/muted?

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Postby Pehpsi on Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:45 am

yeah the original is what the RAW file looks like out of the cam.
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Postby ATJ on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:46 am

Pehpsi wrote:Now i'm confused. It looks sweet on safari, but really crap on Flock?? And i do all my images and check them on Safari! Hope all my shite is not wrong...

One or the other is using some kind of colour management and that is different to what we use. Have you calibrated the monitor at all?
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:54 am

Colours in the second look unnatural. I much prefer the first. :D
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Postby bwhinnen on Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:27 am

Just drop the saturation in the second.

What was your workflow to go from RAW to the final JPEG?

Ok I just re-read your initial post, being a PC goober I can't comment on your MAC based programs :D But I would de-saturate in PS prior to sharpening and final saving.
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Postby Pehpsi on Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:42 pm

Any better? Tried to go in the middle.


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Postby ATJ on Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:58 pm

Yes, much more natural.
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Postby Pehpsi on Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:00 pm

Think it's time for a calibration device...
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