Pastels and LAB

[Bodak]

A couple of shots taken at Balnarring yesterday morning.
The first I've kept pastel and the second has been worked in Lab, two different looks..

[Slider]

Great shots Stephen. You'll be signing us all up for Photoshop lesson at the rate your going.

[rokkstar]

Number one is excellent - love the pastel tones.

I've not worked in LAB before, other than a b&W conversion, what are the benefits?

[big pix]

good shots........ but would have like to have seen before and afters in LAB colour.......

[Willy wombat]

I love those pastels and silky effect on the water. Great SHOT!

[Alex]

Number one is excellent - love the pastel tones.

I've not worked in LAB before, other than a b&W conversion, what are the benefits?

Matt,

If you get used to it, LAB gives you great control over a lot of things. I now do all my pping in LAB after reading Dan Margulis's book about LAB in PS - recommend buying - a great investment.

Alex

[avkomp]

good stuff.

this shows me that I need to learn more about the power of lab colour

Steve

[Bodak]

This is the shot straight out of Rawshooter at defaults.
No PP except for crop and resize for the web.

My eye was seeing a lot more than what I ended up taking and the colours were more vibrant than the original but not as much as the PP'd version.

As for the real benefits of Lab, I can't really say as I have only just started to play with Lab this week and don't have the use of any books at this stage.

What I have noticed to this date is that the colours are similar to turning up the vibrance in Rawshooter.

Contrast and sharpening seem less destructive when done in the lightness channel but haven't done test's to confirm or deny this.

Working in Lab mode is a little hard to get a handle on, a book (as suggested
above) would be a very good idea.

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Thanks for the comments.

[LostDingo]

I prefer the first "Pastel" shot...very peaceful and serene...great colour...excellent shot with good composition...looks well thought out

Paul

[bindiblue]

Great shots. love them both,, well done,

suzanne

[TonyH]

Both are great shots, of the 2, I prefer the second one the rich colours really do appeal to my eye.

[radar]

Stephen,

love the first one, very peaceful and the pastel colours are very nice.

The second one is nice too, but for my taste, a bit too much with LAB, but that's just me.

Great time of day, thanks for sharing.

André

[beetleboy]

Second one's nice but I LOVE the Pastel shot. Has a great feel to it - is that mist or movement of water with a long exposure?

[Bodak]

Second one's nice but I LOVE the Pastel shot. Has a great feel to it - is that mist or movement of water with a long exposure?

That's movement of water, shot taken at f36 and 2 sec.
The lens was way out past it's best at f8 but what do you do with the sun fast approaching the horizon..

I can thank Slider (Mark) for these images as I started out looking for colours of nature for a weekly theme on Overlander
and like a terrier dog have kept persisting.

Got close this morning along with wet feet and ass.
Won't bore you with today's effort.

Once again, thanks for the positive comments from you all, most encouraging.