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[pandabighead]

my poor deluded sis in law wants one of my red panda pics printed and as payment has offered to have one done for me as well.
i have picked two possibles but can't get the photoshop right. any and all c&c welcome on both the pics and the processing.
first post on in depth but be brutal.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/rapeseed.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/bluebells1.jpg

pbh

[CT]

They both look fine to me. I'd pick the first shot all day. :)

[pandabighead]

thanks again ct,. thing about the first shot for me do the clouds not look abit yellow? almost like the rapeseed is reflecting!
pbh

[CT]

Not here they don't- nice and white. :shrug:

[pandabighead]

must be my monitor. or my eyes.
ta.

[moomike]

The clouds are tinted slightly yellow on my monitor too mate but thats definately the shot I'd go for :thumbs:

[InaGlo]

1st shot for me too.
The clouds in the foreground look nice and white, the slight yellow tint only appears to be on the distant/bottom clouds so I wouldnt worry about that.

What I would worry about ... is the little cluster of sensor blobs in the middle of the 1st/top cloud.
You'll only end up kicking yourself if you dont clone those out before you get it printed. ;)

#2 looks a bit too saturated/contrasty in the foreground & kind of hurts my eyes a little.

JMO of course!

[mole2k]

There is a slight yellow tint, i selected the whole sky region and desaturated the yellow channel. i've put the two side by side so you can see the difference.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/855/rapeseed_copy.jpg
psst! the new one is on the right

[pandabighead]

oh i like that mole, thanks must try it on original.
thanks everyone for comments, really must brush up on cs2.
pbh

[Grant]

I'd also use selective colouring on your cyan/blues and darken them, makes for a more dramatic sky! =]