(From the Series: Bad Trip – Sad Trip)
…I am re-posting this photograph from my series,which is one that had I made in Hawaii, but the first time I posted it, I had a strong diffusion effect on the foreground. One of the few images that the diffusion effect seemed to work with the photograph….
What I am noticing with the posted image is that the toning (PS hue/saturation level) that I am using is not effecting the white highlights. I wonder if this is an artifact of a medium resolution versus high resolution JEPG? This was my first use of the new curve adjustment layer in C3 as well. I have a stronger feeling that this effect in my highlights is a result of my image for this blog as I do not see it anywhere this prononced on my web site or on C3 at 300 dpi.
As I check the thumbnails for the series on my web site, I also notice that I do not have a consistent tone/hue between all of the images. I am using the same hue/saturation settings for each image but getting different results. hmmm. can anyone help here?
Best regards, Doug
Singular Images 
I don’t expect it to be a result of the different resolution of jpg. Are you using a gradient map or other desaturation type layer behind the colourisation layer? It does seem very strange, the only other thing I can imagine is that it’s down to the different shades in each image, making the actual tone look different. It may be worth considering a different method of toning, if that’s the case… not something I have great experience with though.
Julie, Thanks for your suggestion. I don’t use gradient maps or desaturation layer. I select and save a channel layer that provides the b&w image that I want, then flatten the file to a b&w image but still as a color (RGB) file so that I can add a hue/saturation layer to provide the color toning. I will check around for another work-process to see if I can get this same effect. Nice about PS, is there seems to be many ways to get an effect. Also, using a client’s computer and this image is REALLY different, so not knowing everyone’s color managment systems is tuned, I just hope that you can get an idea of what this image looks like:- )
– Doug
P.S. at the client’s today we have a team visiting from Clomnel and Galway…
Keep us up to date on your progress, as you say there are so many ways to do everything in photoshop that you can find the best one to fit your workflow with a bit of digging.
It’s a small world, eh…?