#23 rethink...

JAG

Ok I was looking at my entry and wondering if its too dark for some monitors...since it seems my monitor sees more lighted details then some. So I lightened it up some. Is it too light? Which is better?
this is what I have entered...


2. lightened up...


Please ignor the double watermark. Smugmug is taking forever to remove one of them and it might not be there when I hit post.

Edit...
3. The two images blended to get an inbetween lightness. With the drops/ripple staying light like in #2.


Edit again...with noise reduction...
4.

Velvet-Art

#2 is much better, lightening it up has helped to define the edges of the splash better and makes the saturated colours on the cd more vivid.

Much better thumb


Tim

travelways

On #2, I can see the water ripple much better, but for me the disks are just a little too light

Flyinggina

My laptop monitor shows photos brighter than they are on most monitors and #2 looks fine to me. Given the added clarity of the splash, I'd go with #2. Of course, you can always blend the two versions, use a little masking, and pick the best of both or something in between. Really neat shot whatever you decide.

Virginia

JAG

thanks for the input. I have edited one more time and blended 1 and 2 together to get something inbetween.

Is that any better?? Or should I scrap this thought and try something new this weekend?

travelways

JAG wrote:

thanks for the input. I have edited one more time and blended 1 and 2 together to get something inbetween.

Is that any better?? Or should I scrap this thought and try something new this weekend?

On my screen the 3-rd one looks good.

Velvet-Art

JAG wrote:

thanks for the input. I have edited one more time and blended 1 and 2 together to get something inbetween.

Is that any better?? Or should I scrap this thought and try something new this weekend?

I like the new version, you've kept the vivid-ness (is that a real word?) and the definition of the drip-splash while toning down the bright patch on the cd. thumb


Tim

dlplumer

I like the lightened version Joyce, but I would use your noise reduction software on it.

JAG

Thanks for responding quickly.
I added another one to the top post with selective noise reduction applied. It actually improves on the droplets on the cd.

Velvet-Art

JAG wrote:

Thanks for responding quickly.
I added another one to the top post with selective noise reduction applied. It actually improves on the droplets on the cd.

I think that #4 is the one thumb

Tim

Flyinggina

#4

Virginia

Drin

You had to submit it right next to mine to make it look bad. >_>

Great photo!