architecture/exterior

[stanslavov]

hi this is wip but i wiil be glad for comments
vray 1.5 3dsmax + LITTLE ps! the color correction - VFB

[skogskalle]

nice image! but I think the lighting on the house is too blue-ish... the whole image would be better if you gave it some warmer colors in photoshop (imo).

[percydaman]

I like it. I can't think of any crits really. Maybe a little flaring coming from say the upper right of the image, just to give it a little atmosphere and warmth.

[sv]

looks good; i like the pool & it's water.

I hope you don't mind - i opened the image in Photoshop and did:

Image > adjustments > Auto Levels, then:
Image > adjustments > Auto Color

to remove the blue a bit as suggested.....
i also like the plants in the foreground blurred a bit for DOF...

[Micha]

I like the scene setup.

At my screen the version of SV looks to dark in the shadows and oversaturated. My attempt:

- manual level correction + gamma correction
- color correction: more red + less blue
- vignetting
- lensflare without lens reflections, only glow from right

[Pixelab]

Micha, are you sure with the colors ? The sv image is better on my (calibrated) screen

[Micha]

Upps, you mean the shadows under the balcony? I use a calibrated screen too (spyder vison suite - gamma 2.2 @ EIZO S2100). Or did you mean the colors? My version could be a little bit less red or? Maybe it's a question of taste only.

This test image is looking fine here.
http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/download/mccp_v1.4.gif
And this are realy hard to bit test images:
http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/evaluatio...pace/index.htm

I have the feeling, we should open a new gamma thread now.

[Pixelab]

To be more precise, the shadow under the balconies are slightly better on your image, but maybe you loose a bit of the contrast you have in the original.

My problem is more the colors, your image seems too pink... too much red maybe ? I prefer the original colors (maybe i'll add a bit of yellow to warm the image, but it's a personal taste)

(sorry for the post hijack)

my guess : (boosting lowlight with curves and color correction +15 yellow +5 red)

[stanslavov]

10x all
little update