A June Sky, 8:50 P.M.
Most sources say that Vibrance enhances muted colors without overly saturating the colors that are already bright. If you increase Saturation instead, it deepens all colors, giving your picture an unnatural look if you’re not careful.
Let’s experiment with my sky shot in the Photos app that came with my iPad. (I stopped using Photoshop when they started requiring a subscription because I don’t like recurring fees.) If I increase the Vibrance slider all the way to 100, the sky deepens and we see a pretty sunset.
If instead, I increase Saturation all the way to 100, the colors are brilliant, but the sky looks unnatural, especially the blue.
That looks awesome, but it’s not at all what I saw. I pulled the sliders back and then set Vibrance at 20 and Saturation at 10. The result is the first image, which is not as impressive, but it’s true to what I saw. After all, I was just walking the dog in the evening, and I wasn’t interested in waiting for the colors to possibly deepen to a stunning intensity.
Most of my pictures are fairly realistic. I’m not a big fan of overly manipulated images unless they are clearly art rather than journalistic. When I use AI or artistic filters, I’ll usually mention it.
Most of my blog posts are journalistic in style, with the exception of the Saturday posts that I pretend are written by my dog. I like to think that everyone is “in” on that little joke.
Usually I don’t fool with my pictures too much, often cropping slightly and using saturation sparingly.
ReplyDeleteI too like to keep my photos realistic. I really don't have the skill set to do much more with them. Though I keep saying I'd like to learn I simply haven't had the time to make it a priority.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sky images! Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies.
ReplyDelete...I often jazz things up a bit.
ReplyDeleteI, too, prefer trying to get the picture to how I saw it. I do a lot of cropping. I've never taken a photography course. I used to use the free version of Photoshop on my iPphone but now simply use the tools provided by Windows 11 when I transfer photos to my Windows desktop. I also have a Mac and just muddle along. I need to learn how to use Mac tools better. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteStunning skies
ReplyDeleteGood to know the differences...and I do use these two settings a bit to get my photos to look right to me. Since I don't have an HD video display, who knows what they look like actually!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good experiment. I notice saturation has a bigger impact on warmer colors, while vibrance does a better job enhancing blue. That said (and just my opinion), people tend to oversaturate their images. Like you, my goal is always trying to edit in a way that is true to what my eyes saw when I took the photo.
ReplyDeleteI am devastated....you are pretending!!!! I thought those were real! Tell Charlie to write me! lol Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI learned something new today thanks to you.
ReplyDeleteMany photos I take don't seem near the colors that I see so I freely use saturation and other things.
Lovely sky shots.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. I don't edit my photos because I don't have the skills so if I don't like the way it looks I delete it. I only take photos with my cellphone.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know much about the settings and I will bookmark this. Thanks Linda.
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