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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 05:32:41 AM EST
These are great. Which camera did you use?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 05:45:41 AM EST
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Fuji S2 SLR. Nikon 17-35 and 24-70.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 05:55:48 AM EST
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These are great! Do you use curves to saturate the colours?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 06:45:04 AM EST
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They're shot RAW and mostly processed with the raw converter in Photoshop.

Usually I turn up the Black, and work with the white balance. That adds contrast, which makes the colours punchier.

Saturation on its own tends to add noise. I use it sometimes, but it seems to be better to use one of the alternatives.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 06:55:09 AM EST
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Ah, thanks. I've noticed the noise with saturation which is why I don't like using it too much but I really love images with punchy colours and wasn't too sure how to achieve the look.  I shoot RAW more often than not now so I'll give that a go.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 08:03:32 AM EST
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You can also switch to LAB mode, increase saturation, then switch back to RGB to save.

LAB mode uses an odd orthogonal colour map which separates the intensity and colour information, which means that you can turn up the saturation much more than in standard RGB without adding nearly as much noise.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 04:35:44 PM EST
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Thanks, I'll have a go at some point.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 04:50:19 PM EST
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Wonderful stuff. I love the colors in the third photo. And the movement in the first and the second.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Wed Sep 26th, 2007 at 06:01:47 PM EST
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