Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: John Koerner on September 13, 2014, 05:38:25 pm
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Thank you Mommy ...
(http://www.macrophotopro.com/examples/GuardianAngel.jpg) (http://www.macrophotopro.com/examples/GuardianAngel.jpg)
(Click image for full size, and then click again)
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She's pretty!!
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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.
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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!
Jack
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Lovely. Would she shine even more if the background elements were desaturated a tad?
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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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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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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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Okay, so I toned it down a bit ... do you think this is an improvement? :)
(http://www.macrophotopro.com/examples/GuardianAngel2.jpg) (http://www.macrophotopro.com/examples/GuardianAngel2.jpg)
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Thanks for the tips!
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Yep, you didn't go overboard.
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Great shot.
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Yep, you didn't go overboard.
Colors look more natural now, thanks for the tip.
Great shot.
Thank you :)
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I think that's looks much better.
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Me too. Thank you.
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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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Very nice write-up, Mike, thank you for taking the time :)
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+1. I especially like the re-do with decreased background. Also, thanks to Mike for noting shift-O in LR.
Bob
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Thank you Bob.
Agreed.
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Very nice write-up, Mike, thank you for taking the time :)
Thanks folks!
Mike.