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Green (Original Post) NV Whino Apr 2014 OP
These are nice. Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #1
Thanks NV Whino Apr 2014 #3
Why do you say it is difficult to deal with Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #5
It's hard to make green look natural NV Whino Apr 2014 #6
I doesn't look fake at all to me Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #7
They are all very nice. Solly Mack Apr 2014 #2
Lovely photos PumpkinAle Apr 2014 #4

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
3. Thanks
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 03:07 PM
Apr 2014

I like Green, too. Green has to be the most difficult color to deal with, whether its photography or oil paint. Its fun to take it on as a challenge.

By the way, when oil painting, I usually mix my green from a variety of blues, yellows and black rather than using a pre-mixed green out of the tube. Much more "natural" colors that way.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
5. Why do you say it is difficult to deal with
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 06:44 PM
Apr 2014

in photography? I only ask because more of the photos that I take are "green" photos, since I love summer and nature and flowers. I never felt that it was a problem, but maybe my photos aren't all that good either. But they are mine and I love them.

Love that first one the best. Spring is springing. So many shades of green....wonderful.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
6. It's hard to make green look natural
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 06:59 PM
Apr 2014

The camera, or the sensors, I guess, tend to over saturate greens. There always seems to be too much yellow or too much blue. Frequently they just look fake. Same with paint. The best, most natural, greens are made with yellow and black rather than yellow and blue.

Normally, in a photo like this one, I would warm it up, turning the greens a bit brown. But since virtually everything was green here, I decided to just go in-your-face green, even though it heads toward that fake look. I think the house anchors it in reality.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. I doesn't look fake at all to me
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 07:07 PM
Apr 2014

with or without the house.....but maybe that is because I have actually seen greens that green.

I love green.

PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
4. Lovely photos
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 04:30 PM
Apr 2014

and yes the green one really stands out. Of course living in the high desert it is always a treat to see green

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