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Guardian Angel
« on: September 13, 2014, 05:38:25 pm »

Thank you Mommy ...




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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2014, 09:55:14 pm »

She's pretty!!
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2014, 12:40:14 am »

Very nice! My guess is that Dad was on the previous week's menu? What kind of a spider is this and location? Very colorful and well shot.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2014, 01:39:12 am »

She's pretty!!

Yes she is, Mike :)



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Very nice! My guess is that Dad was on the previous week's menu? What kind of a spider is this and location? Very colorful and well shot.
P.

Thank you.

It is quite possible that dad was lunch, true, lol. The spider is a Green Lynx (Peucetia viridans), and she was taken in Old Town, FL. At the larger size you can see her colors are quite ornate and exquisite!

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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2014, 10:49:42 am »

Lovely. Would she shine even more if the background elements were desaturated a tad?

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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2014, 12:43:55 pm »

Great capture and great colours.

+1 for slightly destaurating background elements.

It also appears over sharpened. There are very clear Hali's around the uber-sharpened elements.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2014, 01:15:34 pm »

Thank you for the feedback, Scott and Terry.

How would I go about desaturating the background, while keeping the color of the subject?

Interesting suggestion--I like :)
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2014, 02:09:46 pm »

If you are working in LR, select the Adjustment Brush (K key) and enter the value for reduced saturation (–10 or –20), and, perhaps, reduced exposure and sharpness while you're at it, then "paint" over the background wherever you want the changes to be made. You turn on (and off) the mask so you can see where you've painted using the "O" key. You can also adjust the feathering of the brush to get just the right edge.

Once you've "painted", turn off the mask and have a look. You van increase or decrease any of the adjustment brush settings while looking at the image to get just right balance.

Adjustments brushes are what make LR so incredibly versatile as you can also go back at any time and edit them further!
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2014, 10:56:51 pm »

Okay, so I toned it down a bit ... do you think this is an improvement? :)



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Thanks for the tips!
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2014, 12:39:11 am »

Yep, you didn't go overboard.

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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2014, 04:07:51 am »

Great shot.

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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2014, 10:32:46 am »

Yep, you didn't go overboard.

Colors look more natural now, thanks for the tip.



Great shot.

Thank you :)


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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2014, 03:20:18 pm »

I think that's looks much better.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2014, 04:34:08 pm »

Me too. Thank you.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2014, 06:00:33 pm »

If you are working in LR, select the Adjustment Brush (K key) and enter the value for reduced saturation (–10 or –20), and, perhaps, reduced exposure and sharpness while you're at it, then "paint" over the background wherever you want the changes to be made. You turn on (and off) the mask so you can see where you've painted using the "O" key. You can also adjust the feathering of the brush to get just the right edge.

Once you've "painted", turn off the mask and have a look. You can increase or decrease any of the adjustment brush settings while looking at the image to get just right balance.

Adjustments brushes are what make LR so incredibly versatile as you can also go back at any time and edit them further!
To add a bit to Terry's excellent suggestion, you can also adjust Flow/Density in LR brushes to reduce the effect of each pass. More here: http://www.wolfnowl.com/2011/08/lightrooms-adjustment-brush-flow-and-density/

Oh, and while 'O' will turn on/off the mask, sometimes red (default mask colour) doesn't really work. Shift-O will cycle through several different mask colours.

Mike.

P.S. As Terry suggested, all of the settings are repeatedly changeable, so don't be afraid of going too heavy to mark areas out more visibly, then going back and pulling back on the sliders to get them into the range you want.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2014, 10:10:04 pm »

Very nice write-up, Mike, thank you for taking the time :)
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2014, 10:18:15 am »

+1. I especially like the re-do with decreased background. Also, thanks to Mike for noting shift-O in LR.

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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2014, 06:32:22 pm »

Thank you Bob.

Agreed.
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Re: Guardian Angel
« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2014, 08:35:25 pm »

Very nice write-up, Mike, thank you for taking the time :)

Thanks folks!

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