re edit

[lesno1]

[Manfred M]

Les - similar comment as I made on one of your previous postings, the image seems to be "too hot". I would like to see some of the areas toned down just a touch.

The members would also be interested in a bit more information about your postings; the subject, why you handled it the way you did, etc. An image with no explanations does not give the viewer any insight into your work.

[Geoff F]

Assuming the butterfly is a Gatekeeper (from England) then the colours are considerably over saturated compared with a real life specimen. Although there is nothing wrong in deliberately creating an alternative colour form.

[xpatUSA]

Assuming the butterfly is a Gatekeeper (from England) then the colours are considerably over saturated compared with a real life specimen. Although there is nothing wrong in deliberately creating an alternative colour form.

Technically speaking, the image is indeed quite saturated.

Saturation and Hue maps:



For those with a screen color-picker:

At left, levels indicate amount of saturation; at right, levels indicate hue in color circle degrees, 0-255 = 0-359 degs.

The yellows and greens do appear to be highly saturated; can't comment about the butterfly, other than the saturation is not "blown" ...

[DanK]

I agree with Manfred, but I think that for the sort of issue in this thread, the questions are more technical, e.g.,

--how was the scene lit?
--did you shoot raw or JPEG?
--if JPEG, what picture style (or whatever it's called for your brand of camera) did you use?
--what postprocessing, if any, did you do?

Some in-camera JPEG picture styles give the image a substantial boost in saturation, and some also change color balance, so that might be an issue here.

[lesno1]

It was a re edit of an old image i was just playing around in lightroom to see what kind of edits i could make

[Manfred M]

It was a re edit of an old image i was just playing around in lightroom to see what kind of edits i could make

Just be very cautious when using the saturation or vibrance sliders. I virtually never push them to the right to increase those values. I do desaturate colours slightly from time to time.

[DanK]

I use small positive adjustments to vibrance quite often, but I very rarely make global positive adjustments to saturation. It all depends on what the image needs.


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[lesno1]

Thanks guys all very interesting im used to basic editing andits so easy to get carried away in PS and lightroom

[lesno1]

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[Wavelength]

Liked it ; the colours are more natural in the new image