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Getting emphasis right on shaded iguana
May 20, 2018 22:31:30 #
This shot, from an iPhone, interested me, but I had to do a lot of post processing to bring out the iguana and downplay other things. What do you think? Perhaps the umbrellas, which I want to kept as part of the scene, too light? Iguana just right or over- or under-emphasized?
May 20, 2018 22:38:18 #
What a fun, engaging photo! I empathize with wanting to keep a lot of the "stuff" - MinnieV calls it kitchen sink photography and I do it often myself 
I don't have a problem with the brightness so much as the clarity. Have you tried a version with the background softened a little more?
I don't have a problem with the brightness so much as the clarity. Have you tried a version with the background softened a little more?
May 20, 2018 22:39:03 #
I think the Iguana looks good. I'm not sure the umbrellas and anything. But, if you want to keep them I would make them fade more into the wall.
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May 21, 2018 02:25:54 #
If you lighten and blur the foliage around the head, the eye is drawn more towards the whole iguana. As I viewed the original, my eye was drawn to the hind quarters first. ??? A really neat shot.
Ron
Ron
May 21, 2018 05:47:56 #
artBob wrote:
This shot, from an iPhone, interested me, but I had to do a lot of post processing to bring out the iguana and downplay other things. What do you think? Perhaps the umbrellas, which I want to kept as part of the scene, too light? Iguana just right or over- or under-emphasized?
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Erich
May 21, 2018 14:07:12 #
timcc
Loc: Virginia
Nice shot. Tweaking varies according to each individual's taste, of course, but I would suggest reducing clarity slightly for the iguana and significantly for the background. I think the iguana appears a little too contrasty, and the background would benefit from greater softening. To further separate the iguana, I would also darken the background somewhat, especially the umbrellas. It's a fun image to play with. Thanks for posting.
May 22, 2018 21:55:48 #
OK, amigos, here is what I put together from your comments. (Kinda funny--set up this forum to be SHOWN what people mean, and now I have to GUESS. Hmmmmm----deep inner meaning in that?) ;-)
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