Easter Weekend Collection

[purplehaze]

Some of the best from last weekend's shooting down at the lake. We got snow then, too.

#1



#2 I have been struggling with this one. Too saturated perhaps?



#3 Do this and the next look too magenta-y?



#4



#5 I feel like I should be able to do something to make this and the next more interesting, but what?



#6



#7 The warm cast was deliberate, but perhaps it is too strong?

[Shadowman]

Hi Janis,

The weather fluctuations are intriguing and somehow not unexpected, I think we've gotten snow as late as May in WNY. Luckily, not this year and I read that the Northeast should be getting a heat wave at the end of the month. Regarding your images and your belief that some are oversaturated, could the problem be WB related?

[bnnrcn]

Hi Janis IMO #2 is not too saturated but the FG rock is too big.The image might look better without it. I wouldn't worry about the magenta in #3 and #4, but you might as well reduce the magenta in the water in #3 if you want. I find the warmth a bit too much in the last one. For #5 I mainly added some clarity , reduced highlights, used a softlight blending mode and increased saturation in reds a bit. You might try something similar according to your taste for #6

[Wavelength]

I love that blue...it is very pleasing...would you please tell me what that traffic signal in #4 stands for? we don't have one such here

[purplehaze]

John, yes, you could be right about the WB. I am going to try to edit with a white proofing margin and see if that helps me.

Thanks for the feedback, Binnur. I have only had time for one re-edit. I realize now my first version of #5 also had a WB problem. I think the colour at least is better here.



As far as #2 goes, the subject was supposed to be the block of ice on the rock, so losing the rock would be to lose the point of the picture. Perhaps I should have framed it differently to begin with.

[purplehaze]

I made a few quick changes to #7 after all. After watching a webinar on editing landscapes in Capture One tonight, I have made a major change to my workflow and am now working with two curves tools, one RGB and one Luma.

[purplehaze]

I love that blue...it is very pleasing...would you please tell me what that traffic signal in #4 stands for? we don't have one such here

Thanks, Nandakumar. Which blue are your referring to? I seem to have more than a few. The sign is one of a pair marking out a section of the road where parking is not allowed. There is a beautiful beach on the east side of the road that is popular with day-trippers and the municipality doesn't want cars clogging the beach entrance.

[bnnrcn]

My version after fixing the colors according to your WB. My version has stronger colors but this is just me

[purplehaze]

Nice, Binnur. I particularly like that you have brought out colour in the water and sky. I have so much to learn.