Pie Wannabe's

Please give me your reaction to this -- composition & PP especially. Thanks.


F9.0 @ 1/400, ISO 400.

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I think a wee bit of contrast might boost this? I like the whole photo
WOuld make a pretty sweet watercolor in PS.

Barb I would have to agree with Flo. Picture looks great, maybe a tad underexposed. Contrast and a little color balance in PS will be your best bet......Here's a quick edit

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That might be just a little oversaturated....

I was tring to lighten up the shadows...looking at my monitor the colors look more natural. If I was going to over saturated to photo you would have most likly seen it popup in the greens first

My Basis Job is commercial printing, 44 years in the business. I deal with allot of customers.....Take the book National Geo........There guys in the Magazine KNOW how to shoot the best pictures.. I printer the Magazine each month....So when I'm tiring to give a color OK I know what I'm looking for...from the photo side....and the customer whens more ink for there money which will cause Over Saturated

What I am seeing is washed out creams and really bright pumpkins and the greens are brighter.maybe its my screen...wasn't anything personal, just what I was seeing.The lightening you did works great.

Flo wrote in post #4244945
What I am seeing is washed out creams and really bright pumpkins and the greens are brighter.maybe its my screen...wasn't anything personal, just what I was seeing.The lightening you did works great.

In Lightroom (and CS3 I believe) there are two sliders that have similar effect:

Vibrance - which increases the saturation of the weaker colours more,

Saturation - which increases the saturation of all colours equally.

I tend to use Vibrance rather than Saturation to bring out the weaker tones (creams).


PS EDIT: Forgot to note - in LR, the Saturation slider has a pronounced effect on skin tones - it has a devastating tendency to make people orange. In other words, Saturation will bring out the oranges. Vibrance is recommended for skin tones to avoid bumping up the orange tones in skin.

I find the photo pleasant.

Flo wrote in post #4244945
What I am seeing is washed out creams and really bright pumpkins and the greens are brighter.maybe its my screen...wasn't anything personal, just what I was seeing.The lightening you did works great.

I agree...and what happened to the white squash that are now gray?

Thanks for all your comments. They are helpful.

And thanks for pointing me to the Shadow/Highlight tool. I just upgraded from PSE 2.0 to PSE 6.0, and I that tool is new to me. I used it and your comments to adjust the image, and I like the change.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but also the photo is tilted a bit. Try rotating about .5-1 degree counterclockwise. I think the composition is probably nice, if the photo is aligned properly and has the correct lighting, colors, saturation, etc etc.