I have no doubt that punchy delicious colours and heavily altered contrast can grab the attention of viewers. I saw Fantasia, I look at Facebook.
It’s not a matter of right or wrong, or right or left. With modern software, tweaking colour and contrast has never been easier.
Below are three versions of an image I exposed digitally in the Rhein Valley. Not necessarily in order: One image is RAW (straight out of the camera, only reduced in size for internet), the other two have been altered.
Of these latter two images, one is my interpretation of how the scene appeared at the time I exposed the photo, the other is pure fantasy.
I’ll let you sort out which is which. Of the three, which do you like the most?
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I like A.. the bottom seems like it would be in a magazine..
My guess is B is the raw file and c is my favorite one because it is so colorful and you had so much fun with it. Sometimes pictures do call for adjustments in the specific context this one fits the bill!
I like the A it seem the most natural.
Concur with Mark.
You can seem some extra detail on the wall just before the loco.
B – RAW
A – adjusted
c – surreal
My preference:
A, B, C
I suspect B is straight from the camera whilst A has had the slight over-exposure corrected. C is similar to what has become almost the standard in many of the UK magazines; over-saturated and unnatural. A is best.
Mark
Maybe you can sell version “C” to DB for their advertising…