Which saturation do you prefer? Updated.

[PhotosGuy]

Which saturation do you prefer? The only difference between them is a touch of levels on #1.
300D, RAW, Manual everything.
1/250, ISO 100, 105mm f-2.5 Nikkor & +10 Split-field filter


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Forum%20Junk/Pflox_Pink_Split_0295B.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Forum%20Junk/Pflox_Pink_Split_0295A.jpg

[cgratti]

I personally like #2

[c0ntr0lz]

i'm for the 1st

[tofuboy]

I'll toss a vote in for #1

[jim jam]

#1 does it for me.

[neil_r]

close but #1 for me too

N

[clorich]

close but #1 for me too

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks for the input. You can see the problem I had deciding. :wink:

Now, let me make it a bit harder... WHY do you prefer one over the other? I'll give you my reasons later & we'll see if we agree!
Thanks, again.

[aznkid.com]

#1..

#2 looks like a washed out version :D

[neil_r]

The first has a stronger contrast between the deep and light pink. The second has a flatter look.

Both work, but as I said #1 edges it for me.

N

(edited for naff spelling)

[Meerkat17]

Its #1 for me also and the reason is that the extra saturation seems to give it more depth.

Nice shot Frank just one thing missing, you know what I'm going to say so I'll not say it! :wink:

David

[Ogrt48]

#1 but I'm too lazy to tell you why.

[ChrisN]

I picked #1. I felt that the black was "truer black" than the second one, which looked grey and did not have such a bold feel to it. With the way that you have the out of focus section, the grey did not help in making the sharp section the focal point, thus making my eye search just a bit longer to find the point of interest.

[Alan Neilson]

It was close, but I think the first, one, mainly as the colours look just that little bit more statuataed, but it might just be my monitor :!:

[slejhamer]

#2 is softer, more dreamlike, and the hues more pastel. It could use a touch deeper shadows, but not as much contrast as in #1. #1 has too-defined a point of focus which, in my opinion, serves as a distraction from the overall dreaminess of the image. If anything, the larger foreground flowers should be the focal point, not the smaller ones in the mid-ground.

In either one, I find the image too evenly split between the larger petals in the lower half and the smaller ones in the upper half.

[msol]

At first sight it was simple... #1
But then I thought about the topic. The entire image, especially with the very soft focus flower in the front, breathes a romantic athmosphere. That is best captured with a less contrasty image, so my vote is for #2.

[PhotosGuy]

OK, I agree with all of you!
I like the higher saturation of the first, but I also like the dreamy effect of the 2nd. So I'm adopting the decision of the committee! (Mostly) I increased the sat &, using History, painted it in the most important areas. I might not have gone far enough. Still, it's a start.
What do you think now? Far enough? Not?
Thanks for all the input.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/PhotosGuy/Forum%20Junk/Pflox_Pink_Split_0295C.jpg


To Meerkat17 re: "Nice shot Frank just one thing missing...".
:lol:
I'm saving one for you! You'll know it when you see it! :wink:

[Gokulananda Hari]

Very strange blur that you have made there... you didn´t ask that, but it doesn´t seem real for me..
And I like the #1
my humble opinion

GHD

[PhotosGuy]

Very strange blur that you have made there... you didn´t ask that, but it doesn´t seem real for me..

The possibility of including two extremely different focal points in the same pic - another technique to carry around in your bag ‘till you see an application for it.
For me, that's part of the techniques 'charm'! It's a different view of the world around us from what we are used to seeing with our eyes in every day life, like extreme close-ups, high contrast B&W pics, posterizations...

Some people find the effect disturbing, which might qualify it as ‘High Art’ if you’re a fan of Duane Michaels work!
http://www.photoinsider.com/pages/michals/michals.html
…which I find just a tad disturbing in itself!

Still, until I see the torches bobbing in the night as the crazed villagers come for me…

:lol: