Does this appear too saturated?

[Black Dots]

Here's a shot of the rigging of a sailing ship in San Diego. I have only sharpened the picture a little bit and increased the saturation by one increment in Canon's bundled sofrtware. This was taken at sunset with a polarizer, so the colors are pretty rich anyway. I think it looks natural, but would like a second (or third, or fourth...) opinion. Here's some EXIF: 65mm, 1/30, f5.6, ISO 400

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2188951238_8680e1b313_b.jpg

[Alex Rechetov]

The colors look quite natural to me for sunset light.

[12mnkys]

i like it!

[Walczak Photo]

I think the colors do look heavily saturated but not "over done". Looks pretty good to me.

Peace,
Jim

[liquefied]

Overall it looks fine but I think some selective de-saturation might help on the bottom beam as that one is just a bit more saturated than the rest.

[Flo]

Love all that rigging! Looks great to me....

[LeuceDeuce]

Saturation in the warmer colors is much more widely accepted than saturation in the cool colors. The blue sky is not overpowering so the saturated orange works nicely.

[Black Dots]

Thank you, everyone, for your time and comments!

[12mnkys]

Overall it looks fine but I think some selective de-saturation might help on the bottom beam as that one is just a bit more saturated than the rest.
looking back at it now i would tend to agree...nothing to crazy, but maybe back it down a bit and see what happens...

MK

[chauncey]

When I do saturation, not often, I try to duplicate reality. So...

Is that the way it was? Only you can answer that.

[Ade H]

...I try to duplicate reality.

I tend to prefer that approach, too, with the caveat that you may sometimes need to de-saturate it a bit if people who weren't there at the time think that you processed it that way. It's a bit annoying when someone assumes that you've rigged it (pun intended:lol:) when you haven't.

[LeuceDeuce]

I try to improve reality. Reality is boring; I see it everyday.

[Black Dots]

When I do saturation, not often, I try to duplicate reality.

Agreed. I think this photo represents how it actually looked (as best as I can remember anyway).

It's a bit annoying when someone assumes that you've rigged it (pun intended:lol:)

Nice!