Bondi by LAB

[admajic]

My first attempt with LAB. Im shocked at the difference. The original looks lifeless compared. Let me know what u think!



Added in a frame

[Geoff]

Hmm....I think this looks surreal - not sure what it is exactly but it looks a little over saturated on my calibrated CRT.

[admajic]

He he u say that about all my work Geoff.
The original only looks contrasty compared to this.
Im gonna throw up a ver in a frame.

[stubbsy]

Adam

I'm with Geoff on this one. The colour of the water looks like my toilet bowl cleaner. Never seen the ocean like that off Sydney.

If you look at the shadows of the rocks in the pools of water you can see the green and, to a lesser extent, the blue has been pushed too high. The reflection should be a dark brown to black.

[sirhc55]

I would have to agree with Geoff on this pic. The colour balance just does not look right.

[Geoff]

He he u say that about all my work Geoff.
The original only looks contrasty compared to this.
Im gonna throw up a ver in a frame.

Not all of your work I don't
Is this not the image review and 'critique' section anyway?

[admajic]

Even my wife agrees with u yoiu guys about the toilet bowl colour! hehe

Here is the orignal pic just played with in photoshop a bit.
I really appreciate your comments

[Geoff]

As far as colour/contrast goes, I definately prefer the original

[admajic]

He he u say that about all my work Geoff.
The original only looks contrasty compared to this.
Im gonna throw up a ver in a frame.

Not all of your work I don't
Is this not the image review and 'critique' section anyway?

Keep the C&C coming after starring at a pic for over 30 mins all the colours start to change!! I love your comments Geoff Your honest and correct.

[gstark]

Peter,

The colour of the water looks like my toilet bowl cleaner.

This is North Bondi. What do you expect?


Adam,

Seriously, the colours don't loook natural.

[Matt. K]

admajic
If you stare at any coloured image for awhile then the colours will end up looking natural....that's the way our brains are wired up. Humans have very poor colour memory and we generally can store only 4 or 5 colours accurately. Normally the colour of the sky, skintones, grass, ocean and maybe a couple of others (I think one being a bananna) When trying to judge if colours are accurate you really need some kind of reference or standard that you can compare them to. If you bring up the reference and your new image on the screen together then you will be able to make accurate assumptions about the colour balance. Another factor that may affect our judgement or perception of the colours in an image is the colour of the surrounding walls. If you hang a print on a red wall and then hang it on a green wall the colours will look slightly different (That's why most image have a white mattboard around them. It provides a neutral space and minimises the changes that different coloured walls might have)
Then there's personal perception or prejudice. You may prefer images that look 'warm' and so add extra red whilst others may prefer a 'cool' look and add extra blue. It's all very fascinating.