Do these pics look oversaturated(VEISHEA pics)

nikhillaghave · May 5, 2009

VEISHEA is an annual week long celebration held each spring on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. I took some photos of the parade and some random pics. Please C&C. Are these oversaturated ?

Parade 1:

Parade 2:

Parade 3:

Parade 4:

Parade 5:

Random 1:

Random 2:

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winparkman · May 5, 2009

They look great, I enjoyed them.
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bobwill · May 5, 2009

I think that they look quite good.

minddoc1 · May 5, 2009

I think they look very good to my eye. But, some people may find the flesh tones a bit overcooked. It's all a matter of taste and this is art after all regardless of what some say. All art is an expression of the artists vision, unconscious material and method. Keep doing it the way YOU like!

prmass1 · May 5, 2009

They look saturated all right. To my taste a bit.

1PhotoFan · May 5, 2009

Good pics, but over saturated.

If you look carefully at the over saturated colors of some of the fabrics, for instance - this causes an unrealistic look and a loss of detail in the over saturated part of the image. ... that is, unless this is the look that you were going for?

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Rajeshb · May 5, 2009

They look fine to me. But I personally prefer a bit over saturation. so don't take my word for it.

One thing. I think some will find the skin tones a bit more reddish than the normal. other than that, they are fine

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Peter A Stokes · May 5, 2009

Yes they do IMHO, all but the last one. What makes it worse is that it looks like it was a grey dull day. The over-satureated colours therefore look out of place. The green tractor is an example. Cheers, Peter

nikhillaghave · May 5, 2009

Thanks all for you opinions.......

It was a gloomy day, so I (over)saturated the pics to get vivid pics of the parade

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cruzdog954 · May 6, 2009

Is that your finger on the left side of the first photo? he, he Looks like it, maybe if you cropped it...

Rainer1 · May 6, 2009

Hi! Yes i think they do. Too much colour can do a Photo a dis service rather than compliment it. I see many Photos being killed with toooooo much Colour. Even HDR's are often drowned out with a load of over kill.

I like the HOG Rider. Was one myself here in Adelaide. Bailed out. Too many thought they where too special because they owned a Harley. Lol"
Cheers" Ray

ZorSy · May 6, 2009

To me they look just tad over. Actually, I guess you had WB set to cludy(?) so the colours are a bit warm. On my D80 on overcast day I learnt to use 5700K to prevent warm cast like this - often resulting in hot colours...

cheers

jpdenk · May 6, 2009

Saturation is largely personal preference. If it's so high that you lose detail though, then that's a bit too much, IMO. I'd say set the saturation the way you like it and forget about the opinions of others.

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Leo G · May 6, 2009

Yes, by about 20%
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honza_pl · May 16, 2009

yes. oversaturated

SteMa · May 16, 2009

I would desaturate it a bit, and play around with WB as well, since some of them are too warm for my taste.
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moving_comfort · May 16, 2009

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Yes, they are, but in this case (grey day) the oversaturation looks pretty good to me, enjoyable shots.

GZim · May 16, 2009

the only one that really looks oversaturated is the tractor... I did not check, but you might want to look at the green channel to check if it is blown out.
To me they are definitely saturated, and nicely contrasty.

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R Dunlop · May 16, 2009

Grey day, overcast and chilly! A bit of saturation puts some life into the colors when the lights dull! A bit much on the greens like the tractor and grass in parts but it depends on the scene and look you are trying to capture. Its in the eye of the photographer, you may have achieved what you want, technically a bit over saturated.
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jrcartasgmailcom · May 17, 2009

Same comment here. The skin tones a bit reddish. Other than that they look good.

Rajeshb said:
They look fine to me. But I personally prefer a bit over saturation.
so don't take my word for it.

One thing. I think some will find the skin tones a bit more reddish
than the normal. other than that, they are fine

Rajesh
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