Beach Yoga

Model: Michelle Leonard
Clothing: Nadi Athletic
Location: La Jolla,CA

Holy over saturation, batman!!

I agree.....plus the white balance looks pretty whacked.

The last photo is great

Yep thats the look we were going for. It was a cloudy day, so it was hard to pull out the natural colors. The originals looked way to flat and didn't highlight her personality.

are these composites? there is a distinct hallowing around the model.

Man this is a tough crowd, I love the look you've given these.

mike_311 wrote in post #17707296
are these composites? there is a distinct hallowing around the model.

No these are not composites, essentially what I did was boost the saturation and vibrance levels of the whole photo, then masked out the model. Initially I didn't like the "halo" but I think it adds to the yoga/namaste feeling that we were trying to convey.

Wallace River wrote in post #17707365
Man this is a tough crowd, I love the look you've given these.

Seriously Wallace! but I welcome it. My biggest worry is those that have their screens calibrated with high levels of saturation will think its way way overdone. My Dell ultrasharp display's the photos a little more saturated than my macpro but I dont think its that over saturated. Sure if your going for a naturalistic feel to it, then yes its over saturated, but our goal was to turn a cloudy gloomy day into a tropical vibrant one and I think I achieved that.

Yeah, either way to over saturated or your white balance is way off. Try toning down the saturation/color and see about getting the white balance closer to neutral.