Your Opinion – Gold vs. Red Fox.

[Jack McEwan]

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I have been revising some fox images taken in June of 2019. They were taken close to sunset with bright gold sunlight illuminating the fox and tree line. In these images, the fox has golden fur secondary to the warm sunlight illuminating the scene, which can be seen in the first image. I corrected the color of the fox's fur in the second image. Which one do you prefer or think is more realistic? Appreciate your comments!

 

[Warren D]

I like a warmer look so to me, the first looks best. It also fits with the angle of the light, looks natural to me.

 

[DRwyoming]

Which one do you prefer or think is more realistic? Appreciate your comments!

Dropping color samplers on the white flower petals and the white part of the fox's chin I'd say the first image is more accurate for golden hour lighting.

But I'd also say outside of a fashion or product shoot, color accuracy doesn't mean a lot. To me the first image is more pleasing with richer fur colors but both are in the range of plausible for the subject. If anything I might warm up the top image a tiny bit and pull down the highlights.

 

[Jack McEwan]

Dropping color samplers on the white flower petals and the white part of the fox's chin I'd say the first image is more accurate for golden hour lighting.

But I'd also say outside of a fashion or product shoot, color accuracy doesn't mean a lot. To me the first image is more pleasing with richer fur colors but both are in the range of plausible for the subject.

Thanks for the feedback. The image was processed in C1 using luminosity masks for the shadows, and everything that was not a shadow. The fox was masked on a third layer and color balance adjustments were made for the mid-tones and highlights. The brightness was reduced on this layer to increase saturation, and contrast was adjusted with the left slider on the levels control (which also increases saturation over a narrow range).

 

[MorganP]

I think the first one look the best to my eye. The only thing that maters is which one do you like.

 

[gordon_g]

1st image for sure....