Post processing

[frisby]

Hi, there,

I've done some post processing on this and want some feedback on colour and saturation.

In particular I notice when I zoom in on the original there are distinct borders around the leaves. I think its something to do with pushing the post proc too far but I'm not sure exactly what so any feedback would be welcome.



EXIF:
Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90
Exposure Time: 0.0666s (1/15)
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 19mm (28mm in 35mm)

Cheers,

Fraser

[milosh]

You're right about the reason behind these dark halos.. You can try to re-edit the photo and figure out which step of the process creates or accentuates them. Personally, for me, the yellow colour of the leaves is a bit too vibrant. Also, there is a weird dark spot between the two lower trees. It looks like an accidental brush stroke.

[frisby]

Thanks milosh.

Went through each of the settings last night and it turns out Lightroom's HSL Luminosity can add haloed artefacts like this if there's a lot of fill/recovery.

The weird brush stroke thing looks like its just another side effect of HSL.

I've updated the photo so it's a bit less vibrant too.

Thanks for your feedback.

Fraser

[frisby]

BTW this:

Improving Landscape Photographs with Lightroom - Layers Magazine | Layers Magazine

Helped in tracking down what was going on.

[SwissJon]

I quite like this as an abstract photo.. And because of that, I'd suggest the opposite to Milosh.. I think you should push this beyond normal and into David Hockney territory.. I'd like to see you push the colours away from normal, for example put a strong purple colour cast on the sky.. Change the leaves to blue, and see where you go playing with colours like that..

I think it's a really interesting photo, but I think you need to move away from reality and let the artist inside you roam free.

[frisby]

OK, just for you SwissJon I've done some tweaking. I went a bit David Hockney and pushed the colours all over the place but I came back to this as it has something of the last few weeks. There's been a lot of mist here intermingled with harsh blue skies and the bright poplar leaves that I don't want to lose entirely. See what you think -