Sakura

[HansE]

revisit; put a little blue in the sky to create some contrast with the blossom .

[HansE]

Found another from that trip that needed a little tlc.

[Isac]

I do like the vista in this one Hans. Maybe just a bump up on the shadows. What was the TLC you gave it? Hard to give CC without the original next to it

[HansE]

This was a surprise find and a heavy crop on a crop sensor image

[Isac]

I like the mossy effect in the foreground branches.

[HansE]

Surprised how little different it looked after all the little "improvements" This is the jpg version of the raw image shrunk.

[HansE]

Something similar happened here.

[Isac]

Try a Hue/Sat adjustment layer and slide the Magentas up to about +60. Mask out anything that's not appropriate.
How do you save the file for posting?

[HansE]

export and save for the web adjust the size then %tage to generall get about 200k+. % can vary from 45% to 94% depending on the subject.

[Isac]

Your settings seem OK so I don't know why you're losing colour. I've posted my settings below.
Just a thought, are you resizing BEFORE you use Save for Web?

[Isac]

My Save for Web (Legacy) settings:

[HansE]

Had another go this was full size sample of the image when editing is finished


Saved again using export. definately brighter this time. Has me buggered.

[Isac]

Surprised how little different it looked after all the little "improvements" This is the jpg version of the raw image shrunk.

I hope you don't mind but this is an edit I did to show those beautiful colours and brighten up the shadows. I've sent you the PSD file so you can see what I did.

[wigz]

HI Hans, What colour space do you work in. I'm wondering if you had 'embed colour profile' off and 'convert to sRGB' off when you did the export. Just assigning aRGB or ProPhoto RGB to the image lifts the colours. This would explain the duller images after they were saved.

1. Opened the image in Photoshop
2. Assigned ProPhoto RGB colour space
3. Converted to sRGB, then saved.

[HansE]

Interesting input from you both. I am keen to explore the smart filters that Isac demonstrated. and I am about to look what settings are in my present setup. I had the North America general purpose 2 in color settings. but the convert to sRGB was not ticked in the save for the web export. I shall see what happens.

[Isac]

They are the general settings you should stick to Hans. Also make sure your Windows-10 Colour Profile shows the right prifile for your monitor. Right click on your desktop and select Display Settings. Under Display Colour, there is "Night light" and the next is "Colour profile". Make sure that profile is for your connected monitor. Using a generic monitor profile is not much chop in Photoshop. This is my colour profile to match my monitor.


Here's my Color Settings in PS:

[HansE]

Thanks Isac About the only real difference was the sRGB setting in the export to the web. It seems to have made quite a difference.

[Isac]

Glad you got it sorted Hans.

[HansE]

The White Castle

[Isac]

Lovely spot and great for togs. It has a great feel about it and has all the elements to fill a beautiful image. It looks a bit flat to me, perhaps caused by the weather. It just needs a lift to make it pop. I had a play and some might not like it but with a few adjustment layers I think it lifts it. I selected the Light Midtones (1) curves luminosity mask and added Vibrance, Hue/Sat and Shadows - (on a Smart Filter). If you want the PSD, just let me know.

[HansE]

This was original shrunk for this site


You can see the pp that was done, darker sky straughten, lighter blossom . It was another rainy day.