Venice Scene

[cjogo]

Having lunch by the canal 

[stamper]

A very nice pastel,painterly effect. However the reds on my monitor look over exposed. The framing using the columns certainly makes the image. A winner except for the reds.

[cjogo]

It was Reala film -- might have some saturation in the reds -- I will take it back into CS -- I used my Spyder for calibration  > at the beginning of the month ..will check again.. calibrated for my on line printer service //\\

The whites are fairly clean -- no real crossover >>   

[francois]

Lovely venetian scene, I like it very much but I also find the red a bit too aggressive. It might come from the contrast between those reds and the other pastel colors.

[cjogo]

Lovely venetian scene, I like it very much but I also find the red a bit too aggressive. It might come from the contrast between those reds and the other pastel colors.

You can fun with it -- load up another with less saturation

[wmchauncey]

I gotta agree that the foreground boats are just a little oversaturated...you might try using a hue/saturation layer with a gradient tool.

[cjogo]

I gotta agree that the foreground boats are just a little oversaturated...you might try using a hue/saturation layer with a gradient tool.

Wasn't aware that you could work the gradient tool > with the saturation -- will give it a try ..thanks.   I am mainly just B&W in CS  --

[JayWPage]

I like your composition, the framing works well here.  It looks to me like you were trying to bump the colour up a bit in the sky by increasing the saturation, but it's a bit too high in the boats now, at least to my eye.

Venice has a lot of overcast and foggy weather, it's a problem for everyone. I was there this past fall and it was pretty rare to see a sunbeam, mostly dull, flat light.

I have recently posted a Blog entry on my website (here) about a black & white image I took there, my approach to flat light in Venice.

Jay

[wmchauncey]

Wasn't aware that you could work the gradient tool > with the saturation -- will give it a try ..thanks

You just apply the gradient to the mask after making the adjustments.