Its left wing, section in shade of the body. And left side of body. Is iridescent blue. Really? Shaded sun looked like this?
Tom
ps - I really don't know, just questioning. Many times shadows go a little blue, but?
Last edited by Tom Graham; 04-15-2010 at 03:35 AM.
Reason: added ps
looks pretty out there on my iPad - not familiar with these guys so will leave that to those who know better.
a little tight rhs fir my tastes.
keep em coming.
Here is the original without the saturation changes. In the editted the orange has been brought out a bit (too much?) but the primary change was to select the background in CS3 and reduce its saturation substantially to bring out the bird and colors.
Maybe I overdid one or the other?
The shaded areas I painted with exposure increase, not a color change, but that did seem to lighten more in the blue when compared to the original. I could then tone that blue down separately?
Lance, As to the crop, I do have more to show there. I id this to put his body in the right third position, leaving the sun direction open. Would you more center it? Or just pull back a bit for more all around keeping the relative space?
Anyway, here is the original colors -- this was an experiment to use saturation to make him stand out more. Sounds like it did not work well?
To my eye the repost looks much better - Not familiar with these guys sO i could be off base - but looks more natural to me. Cropping wise the repost works better for me as well - just the bit more space on the RHS - Just doesnt feel as tight.
Good idea to desat the BG - but something else has gone astray whilst doing it maybe???
Flashing Blue Heron
