Taken at the family Easter get together, down the street from Isaac's Grandpa Jerry's.
-2 RGB Curves
-Cropped
-Made mask for the tractor
-RGB and Red Curves on tractor
-Hue/Saturation to boost Reds on tractor
-Selected inverted mask to apply Hue/Saturation layer, desaturating a little in RGB and specifically in the Green and Yellow color ranges
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH=0
-USM at 88%/0.8/TH=5
-Save as JPEG = 5/10
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Think the tractor is a bit oversaturated. The dull green tone of everything else is cool, but I would ahve gone with a dull rustic-y looking tractor instead of the bright vibrant oversaturated version :) Nice pic though
Thanks to everyone for the comments, which seem pretty consistent -- this one seemed a good exemplar ...
After some hundreds of challenges, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've used the selective desaturation technique. The oversaturation of the tractor is partly on purpose, to really make it stand out against the background.
That exaggerated treatment is kind of necessary, because I'm one of those with a red/green color defect, and I need a lot of contrast in some colors to make them stand out. I should have masked out the tires, but just didn't really notice the red tint there.
This actually started as a vertical shot; personally I still like including the dirt road. And I think the horizon is straight, and that it's the barn roof which is crooked. I'm afraid straightening out the roof's ridgeline would make the tractor look off-kilter.
Anyway, I'm glad so many people thought the (overused) desaturation techniqued worked (in principle) for this one -- maybe I'll go back and try and get the tractor closer to International Harvester red instead of International orange : )
I like the toning and the selective colorization here, but I don't think the square crop works. I think you could lose the bottom of the frame where the path is and clone out the antenna by the building
Think the tractor is a bit oversaturated. The dull green tone of everything else is cool, but I would ahve gone with a dull rustic-y looking tractor instead of the bright vibrant oversaturated version :) Nice pic though
Selective desaturation badly used is one of my several pet peeves at this site. Happy to say that this is an example where I think it works beautifully. Nice texture, color, composition.
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