Make Your Landscapes Really Pop!
posted on 24th of june, 2010
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A photograph isn't necessarily reality - but simply your version of reality.
Have you ever taken a photo of a stunning landscape only to find the image doesn't do what you're seeing - and feeling - any justice whatsoever?
There are a lot of techniques I could talk about, from use of gradient filters, to ensuring you shoot in morning light, to various composition techniques, that will make your landscapes pop - but there's one in particular that I love:
Over-saturation! When shooting with my Nikon D60, I love to pump up the colours to "vivid" or even "more vivid." Skies are electric blue, grass is eye-popping green, flowers seem surreal...
And it's usually a better representation of how the landscape made you FEEL, rather than photo-realism.
So whether you use your in-camera settings or pump up the colours in Photoshop afterwards, when shooting landscapes, don't be shy on the colour saturation!
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Comments (12)
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Yes, Melonstone & Adeliepenguin, you have to be careful. Often "more vivid" can oversaturate, especially if there are a lot of blues in your shot... also, pro software like CS4 (what I use) will do a much better job boosting colour than programs like iPhoto, which tend to add a lot of noise and bad hues, etc. Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone!
- posted by
Davewebbphoto
on June 25, 2010 |
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I agree with Melonstone that we have to be careful, and not take it too far. As a side note, in my CS4 version of Camera Raw there is a calibration for Vivid, Landscape, Portrait, etc. Rather than make the adjustment through my camera, I do it in photoshop processing so that I can switch around and see the differences. I have found that when I calibrate for "Vivid" that my images have been rejected for overfiltering (as Melonstone noted).
- posted by
Adeliepenguin
on June 25, 2010 |
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I agree. I sell more images in which I've increased the color saturation than those that I did not do so. The brilliant color makes the thumbnails pop enough to get a potential buyer's attention so they take a closer look.
- posted by
Annieannie
on June 25, 2010 |
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Good tip, but I'm always worried about compromising quality if I over-saturate. I love the effect, but sadly it is rare for those "popping" images to be accepted.
- posted by
Melonstone
on June 25, 2010 |
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great advices and nice article
- posted by
Yuritz
on June 25, 2010 |
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great advices and nice article
- posted by
Yuritz
on June 25, 2010 |
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great article!
- posted by
smartview27
on June 25, 2010 |
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Thanks for this article!
- posted by
Mariaam
on June 24, 2010 |
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thanks for the advice, actually (I don´t make much landscape) I used to be more like afraid to oversaturate the colors but after your advice I´ll try to be "bolder"!
- posted by
Physi28
on June 24, 2010 |
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Thanks for sharing!!!!
- posted by
Nikmd
on June 24, 2010 |
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Yes... I do the same sometimes, although sometimes the images look better combining different tools as contrast, fade correction, clarify, etc......
- posted by
Egomezta
on June 24, 2010 |
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Thanks for your good article.
- posted by
Tracy0703
on June 24, 2010 |
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