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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 541922" data-attributes="member: 9240">There are always choices to be made and I find that most people who are trying to get their images to pop tend to over-emphasize things like sharpening and saturation.&nbsp; As you work an image you tend to lose sensitivity to just how much you've emphasized color - I know I do.&nbsp; I'll come back to some and desaturate, sometimes multiple times, substituting a levels adjustment for what used to be an oversaturation.For example (pardon my use of your shot, Craig), in the owl shot above I loved how the yellows of the golden hour were emphasized, but I thought maybe they were just a little too saturated.&nbsp; I took his shot into Ps and actually applied a -79 to the yellow levels, -5 to the reds and -15 to the overall saturation.&nbsp; I then added a Levels adjustment layer and tweaked the midpoint of the Red channel to achieve much the same color but without the over saturated feel.&nbsp; The overall look is very similar, but small details in the wings are more visible.[ATTACH=full]203167[/ATTACH]This isn't intuitive stuff, it comes from countless critiques that include the words, &quot;way too saturated&quot;.&nbsp; It takes years to figure some of this stuff out, and I'm still shaking my head at some of my own first edits.&nbsp; Always give yourself time to come back to an image before it's due.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 541922, member: 9240"] There are always choices to be made and I find that most people who are trying to get their images to pop tend to over-emphasize things like sharpening and saturation. As you work an image you tend to lose sensitivity to just how much you've emphasized color - I know I do. I'll come back to some and desaturate, sometimes multiple times, substituting a levels adjustment for what used to be an oversaturation. For example (pardon my use of your shot, Craig), in the owl shot above I loved how the yellows of the golden hour were emphasized, but I thought maybe they were just a little too saturated. I took his shot into Ps and actually applied a -79 to the yellow levels, -5 to the reds and -15 to the overall saturation. I then added a Levels adjustment layer and tweaked the midpoint of the Red channel to achieve much the same color but without the over saturated feel. The overall look is very similar, but small details in the wings are more visible. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]203167._xfImport[/ATTACH] This isn't intuitive stuff, it comes from countless critiques that include the words, "way too saturated". It takes years to figure some of this stuff out, and I'm still shaking my head at some of my own first edits. Always give yourself time to come back to an image before it's due. [/QUOTE]

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