Pictures of A study in saturation

Photographer	Edward Ghoti {K:5068}
Project	#49 Dramatic Portrait	Camera Model	Nikon D70
Categories	Wildlife	Film Format	Digital JPEG High
Portfolio	Kenya Safari Shots Too Wildlife	Lens	AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor 70-300 mm F/4.5-5.6 G IF-ED
Uploaded	4/26/2008	Film / Memory Type	Digital
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Views	103	Shutter	1/250
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/5.6
Critiques	7	Rating	Pending / 0 Ratings
Location	City - Amboseli National Park State - Country - Kenya
About	This is an attempt to try and expand on Cathy’s question about my use of saturation to remove the colour from an image so that it appears as a B&W image. This is with a saturation of -20 from the original. Below is the original image and then the edited version at -100 saturation.

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Edward Ghoti

{K:5068} 4/26/2008

Original image only resized.

Edward Ghoti

{K:5068} 4/26/2008

Edited image at -100 saturation.

Dave Stacey

{K:123085} 4/26/2008

Again, great details here in the fur, and the partial desaturation does add interest to the image, Ed!
Dave.

Cathy Carroll {K:27493} 4/26/2008

This is a truly beautiful treatment of this animal's expression. The desaturation highlights the emotion. I like the slight hint of green.

Edward Ghoti

{K:5068} 4/26/2008

Thank you for your comment Dave.

All I did was shift the saturation slightly, it was just fortunate that the colour stayed in both the foliage and the baboon's eyes.

All the best,
Ed

Edward Ghoti

{K:5068} 4/26/2008

Thank you for your comment Cathy.

As I mentioned to Dave, I was lucky in where the colour remained when I desaturated it.

All the best,
Ed

Eric Richard

{K:2777} 4/28/2008

good detail.

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