This is a new edit on an old photo. New photo does not have my logo. It's a rainy day here so I decided to revisit some old photos. I really like this photo but was never completely happy with the original. Would love to know which one you prefer.
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
Client came and needed headshots immediately. Set up a single Broncolor Para 133 in the dining room. Delivered 20 pics. Setup, Shoot, Edit and delivered within 30 minutes.
Here are a couple long exposure shots using my original 50 year old Minolta SR-T201 and kit lens shooting Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II. Both images were taken just at the end of blue hour.
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I like Number 2. Too much saturation in the first photo.
I agree with Scott
I prefer the 2nd (old) one. The new one is too dark, too saturated, lacks detail, the sky has gradient banding, and there are random rocks at at the bottom.
Whereas the 2nd photo has a nice clean look with lots of details.
You know what’s funny. You guys say it’s too saturated? I barely touched the saturation slider. Maybe I got a little crazy with the contrast but I did almost nothing with saturation. 🤷♂️
"Saturation" doesn't always literally mean the saturation slider.
These are just some of the things that I know of can affect saturation:
1. Contrast (except in Capture One)
2. Levels
3. RGB curves
4. Presets. They may be changing things you're not aware of.
Didn’t use any of those either. Just color effects pro to add some more contrast. There’s probably a happy medium between the 2 for me.
Color Efex Pro by default adds saturation when you use the Tonal Contrast filter.
Tweaked it a little bit.
I think the best would be between 1 and 2.
This is one of mine...
Nice! I wish I lived closer. I'm in North Carolina so....not close at all. It's a great location and I bet some weather comes through there which would make for some great photos. Unfortunately when I was there the sky was just ok. This is my favorite from that day though.
Kyle, I like both images (amazing capture), but I love your original processing. In your re-work the blue in the sky is a bit too nuked for my tastes, and the red added to the highlights isn’t doing it for me.
I really love this image, thanks for sharing it!
Thanks! I agree the highlights can be tweaked a little bit.
I like the new one . It has a more powerful feeling and I generally like the dark pictures with warm colors.
Yes! I personally like the new one better as well! Seems as though we are the only ones though. :-( To me the new one is also a little closer to how I remember it actually looking as well. It was dark. The sun had already gone down. It was the beginning of blue hour. To each their own I suppose.