10-23-2013, 08:32 PM
The two left ones are more harmonious in the transition between key and backlighting though the bottom right probably is a good balance between warm and cool. What is it? A guy in armour I guess?
I'd suggest keeping your values more consistent between iterations, and perhaps add a bit of fill lighting to lighten the really dark shadow areas, because they read too dark at the moment.
Do more iterations just by selecting each piece and colour balancing, and using hue/saturation and curves. Do 10 or 20 of them, it's so easy. Stay away from overly blatant shifts where the fill light is really different from the key or backlight just because natural lighting doesn't work that way unless it is forced artificially and that is what you are going for. Also watch your saturation levels and keep them where the focus should be rather than in the periphery.
I'd suggest keeping your values more consistent between iterations, and perhaps add a bit of fill lighting to lighten the really dark shadow areas, because they read too dark at the moment.
Do more iterations just by selecting each piece and colour balancing, and using hue/saturation and curves. Do 10 or 20 of them, it's so easy. Stay away from overly blatant shifts where the fill light is really different from the key or backlight just because natural lighting doesn't work that way unless it is forced artificially and that is what you are going for. Also watch your saturation levels and keep them where the focus should be rather than in the periphery.