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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Colour Management => Topic started by: wmchauncey on January 04, 2016, 11:44:09 am

Title: Background color for incense smoke images
Post by: wmchauncey on January 04, 2016, 11:44:09 am

Am using incense smoke images to create different formed images, via PS, and am in a quandary as to appealing background colors.
Should I be using complementary, opposite, colors from the subject or more of a analogous, similar, color scheme?
The example below is merely an inverted color scheme.  Selecting a color seems to be easier than is selecting the proper color.

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/smoke-walker--in-progress-copy-2.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/smoke-walker--in-progress-copy-2.jpg.html)

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/smoke-walker--in-progress-copy-3.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/smoke-walker--in-progress-copy-3.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Background color for incense smoke images
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 04, 2016, 02:33:38 pm

Black background. I think the foreground colour probably matters less.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Background color for incense smoke images
Post by: wmchauncey on January 05, 2016, 11:49:18 am

All the wisdom contained within these pages and no one, save one, has an opinion concerning colors.

Title: Re: Background color for incense smoke images
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 05, 2016, 02:26:21 pm

Quote from: wmchauncey on January 05, 2016, 11:49:18 am

All the wisdom contained within these pages and no one, save one, has an opinion concerning colors.

Maybe they all agree with me  ;)

Jeremy

Title: Re: Background color for incense smoke images
Post by: Wayne Fox on January 05, 2016, 11:39:10 pm

This seems to be an artistic endeavor.  I'm not sure what would look "best", but seems it's about your vision and goals. I have no advice other than trust your own instincts.