I think you're right that they do look muddy but I think your treatment goes a little too far in the opposite direction.
Looking at 4084944, getting a golden glow on the reeds is on the right track but seems overdone here. I think you also need to try to retain darkness in the background foliage (maybe use a layer mask to partially protect the background foliage from the adjustments carried out on the reeds). The images are well worth a bit of work. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I don't usually muck about much with photos, just presenting them > more > or less as they come straight from the camera. However, here are a > couple of photos from a reedbed close to my house: > > http://www.web-options.com/Reedbed/ > > I have altered the curves on both of these because the originals > are > very muddy: > http://www.web-options.com/_4084933.jpg > http://www.web-options.com/_4084944.jpg > > I'd be interested to hear peoples' opinions about these > alterations. > Do they look natural? I've done them by eye, but I don't trust my > eyes > in this sort of thing, being colourblind. Do they look overdone? > > The more I look at them, the more I think the edited ones are > overdone > and overdramatic. The unedited ones have a calm about them, > despite > the muddiness, which I quite like, but I feel as though they could > do > with something a bit more. > > Opinions, please? > > Thanks, > Bob > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
