Chillies

Loving the deeply saturated colors and the shine on the chillies
 
Cheers, Chris. Not a great fan of chillies myself, but Susan eats them raw....but she did live in New Mexico for a while.
Mmmmm, NM is the place - they do a green chili chicken stew which is to die for
 
Nice image, has a great print quality to it. I might however consider reducing the saturation of the reds to bring out the texture and detail in the cut pepper and maybe desaturate the cyan a little to defringe the garlic. Other than those minor color adjustments I really like this image a lot and agree it would do well as a large scale print in a restaurant.
 
@Bobby Deal - Thanks, Bobby. I always appreciate comments intended to be helpful, and I always consider what is said. Doesn't mean I'll follow it, though, as I am sure you understand. I'm probably the least technical photographer here, in that I have no real idea of what I am doing, but just feel my way. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but for better or worse it's me... But don't let that stop you giving advice. Much appreciated.
 
@Bobby Deal - Thanks, Bobby. I always appreciate comments intended to be helpful, and I always consider what is said. Doesn't mean I'll follow it, though, as I am sure you understand. I'm probably the least technical photographer here, in that I have no real idea of what I am doing, but just feel my way. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but for better or worse it's me... But don't let that stop you giving advice. Much appreciated.
Well then if as nothing more then an experiment try this. In photoshop bring up the hue and saturation dialog box, select reds from the drop down and reduce saturations about 12-15 percent then switch to Cyans and pull that saturation so down just a few points as well.

What woll result is detail will return to the red channel which is definitely offer Saturday and plugged and that blue halo on the edge of the garlic will go away when you pull back the Cyans.

You may or may not like the results but for me. I found it to be a significant improvement to the image in that it really brings forward a lot of detail that is being lost in the push of the over saturation.

The red channel is always touchy and will frequently clip as it has done in this image.
 
Agreed. But, on the other hand, the saturation was deliberate - the food pushing itself, like a girl putting on too much lipstick...a bit slutty...that's what I was aiming for. So there is a balance to be found between intent and execution. Am I crazy?
 
No you are not crazy and there is nothing wrong in expressing ones personal artistic vision. However with that said Red in particular is a delicate color frequency. It only takes a little push in the saturation of the red channel to block it up and loose all detail. Making selective color, hue and saturation adjustments rather than global adjustments allows for much greater control so that the delicate balance may be archived.
 
Love it Rob, I like the contrast, with the detail in the whiskers being ample. A great interpretation of the red and green pallet going with the forms which are sublime.
Only today come across this image and glad I did so.
 
Cheers, Julian. Glad you got it eventually. We have to keep our eyes open and wits about us with this new site - but it is worth it.
 
Very nice, Rob. Love the processing. Agree with Bobby that the red channel always blows before anything else in my experience. In my opinion, it is a trade off in this particular case between a little more texture in the peppers vs the electric color that does fit the overall tone of the image. Given the size we are looking at on the web, I think I would stick to the original edit - the remix is technically better but does lose some impact.

Sometimes the first answer is the right one :)
 
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