Muddy desat look? Annie Leibowitz, Joey L.

[andyong]

@Julianmarsalis>>
After all of that hue/sat & color balance steps, go flatten images.
Then duplicate layer, change the duplicate layer to Overlay or HardLight blending mode.
Apply Filter>Other>High Pass around 25, then apply Gaussian Blur around 25 too.
It will increase local contrast.

[Il Dogui]

Very interesting thread; what do you guys think about Anke Luckmann desaturation? http://www.ankeluckmann.com/ Click on "race" and see her works, I think they are impressive.
This look is also great: http://www.renestaud.com/photography...mID=81&gID=213
Take a look to the AMG series and all the Mercedes sets, they are very nice; maybe there is a bit of hdr in them, too...

[E Maguyon]

Originally Posted by Il Dogui

Very interesting thread; what do you guys think about Anke Luckmann desaturation? http://www.ankeluckmann.com/ Click on "race" and see her works, I think they are impressive.
This look is also great: http://www.renestaud.com/photography...mID=81&gID=213
Take a look to the AMG series and all the Mercedes sets, they are very nice; maybe there is a bit of hdr in them, too...

I like those examples (although i havent the clue where to start to get a similar effect, haha). Somewhat cooler than all the previous examples, but tones and colors are similar in that they re brought in close relation/look. Clean, sharp, subtly muddled micro contrast pixels. The skies are obviously burned out, alot of d&bing going on, as well as ambient light well below the key/flash/strobe lighting to give that hdr look.

[garibaldi]

You mean like pictures 13, 60, or even 77 on this site? http://www.garibaldiphoto.com

[Il Dogui]

Yes, something like that, even if Staud pictures seem to be sharper.

[Gee]

any clues?

[Gee]

LR/CR :

saturation -
vibrance +


then in PS
desat a channel?


i'm really interested by that desat/clean/bleach stuff that we can see in ads.


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