heh, i had to look at this for a few moments before i realized people were floating! the guy in the middle doesn't look like's floating as much as standing perhaps on the shrubbery. while i i like the colorfulness of the costumes, the background - white building, especially - are somewhat distracting. perhaps a B&W conversion? thanks for sharing.
Lovely picture, great composition, decisive moment. I think it is a tad oversaturated, as is faddish now. There is no definition in the blue of the costumes. The blue of the building behind the trees is distracting and could be made more green or darker and de-emphasized.
Guys, thank you for your comments. I was walking by and their bright color costums got my attention. I just raised my camera and took a few candid shots. It was taken with my 135f2 lens and one of this lens characteristics is the richness in color and high contrast.
Believe it or not, this was processed using my 'normal' process with CS1. It was shot in jpg with my 1DMk2 and only got a Level adjustment. I guess that the original vivid color in the costums and the 135f2 lens contribute partly to the appearance of over-saturated images. Actually, if my memory is right, thier clothes have the florencent (spelling?) quality and kind of reflecting light and glow. The color of the image as is on my monitor does not look as brilliant as in the real world. However, points are well taken. Thank you again.
slau wrote:
It was shot in jpg with my 1DMk2 and only got a Level adjustment. I guess that the original vivid color in the costums and the 135f2 lens contribute partly to the appearance of over-saturated images.
What are your 1DMk2 Jpeg settings? It could be the saturation is turned way up. The blue in the costumes is kind of over vivid, but the green in the trees is not so bad. This is one reason for shooting Raw, that it becomes easier to adjust saturation after the fact and maintain quality. You might be able desaturate the blue only, just a bit, even in Jpeg.
However, much depends on the final usage. If a print is desired, then this shot might print very nicely as is. It all depends on how much control you have over your color management.
Monito wrote:
What are your 1DMk2 Jpeg settings? It could be the saturation is turned way up. The blue in the costumes is kind of over vivid, but the green in the trees is not so bad. This is one reason for shooting Raw, that it becomes easier to adjust saturation after the fact and maintain quality. You might be able desaturate the blue only, just a bit, even in Jpeg.
However, much depends on the final usage. If a print is desired, then this shot might print very nicely as is. It all depends on how much control you have over your color management....Show more →
What jpeg setting? My color matrix is set to be 'Adobe RGB', and the Tone curve is 'standard'. I always shoot raw and only shoot jpeg when I run low on memory storage. Can you over-saturated in blue but not in green and red within the camera (with my camera setting) without post processing? Btw, as I mentioned before, thier customs are VERY colorful and the color is extremely vivid. That was what drew me to stop and capture a few shots of them performing on the street. I doubt that I will do anything with this shot beside posting in web just for fun.
slau wrote:
What jpeg setting? My color matrix is set to be 'Adobe RGB', and the Tone curve is 'standard'. I always shoot raw and only shoot jpeg when I run low on memory storage.
Just curious. Wondering what your saturation and contrast settings are. Saturation is one of the JPEG settings on my 20D, along with contrast and sharpness and color tone. I assume there are similar saturation and contrast settings on your camera. Like you I always shoot Raw unless I need to do otherwise.
Just curious. Wondering what your saturation and contrast settings are. Saturation is one of the JPEG settings on my 20D, along with contrast and sharpness and color tone. I assume there are similar saturation and contrast settings on your camera. Like you I always shoot Raw unless I need to do otherwise.
When I set my Color Matrix to "Adobe RGB", I think it means 'Standard' saturation & '0' Color tone, whatever it means. Since I shoot raw most of the time, I never have bothered to make any changes or pay any attention to Saturation and Tone settings.
Take a look at the SI recommended setting for 1DMk2 and I basically use it with some minor modification in the AF department only: http://www.siphoto.com/?canon1DM2.inc
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the guy in the middle doesn't look like's floating as much as standing perhaps on the shrubbery. while i i like the colorfulness of the costumes, the background - white building, especially - are somewhat distracting. perhaps a B&W conversion? thanks for sharing.