Which One(s) do you like?

[Russ Fill]

It seems all a bit of preference but form my sort of natural look I would choose D almost exclusively except if I want a little less sat or contrast then A, with a splash of E here and there.

 

[Randy Panado]

A would be my first choice.

 

[Raphael Varandas]

A and D... for the car D is better For the girl I'm little bit confused I liked all heheh

 

[rand thompson]

A and D for everything but the car, for the car B.

 

[Eric Z]

Preferences

C - First Girl
C - Phil
D - Makeup Girl
C - Third Girl
G - Car
C or F - Two Asia Girl
C or F - Buildings

I'm viewing on a 55" LG B6 Oled

I'm viewing on a 27" Dell monitor, and I agree with Frank's choices.
It's that natural "dynamic range Plus" look.

 

[Phil Holland]

Good feedback people. I'll aggregate these notes as well as a few others outside of RU. It's nice to hear that not just one is "perfect" actually.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

A... But it's a little too saturated for my tastes.

 

[Aaron Lochert]

After a second look on a separate day, I think I prefer D now.

It has the most pleasing transition in skin to shadows for me. I also feel it removes a yellow tinge in skin that I find myself dialing out of Red footage frequently. I also tend to like blues that push more in the cyan direction so it also covers that.

Those are all actually the same reasons I picked F originally, but on second look, the blues are pushing too cyan for a base color and the yellow tinge removal is making skin go a little bit too pink. Everything in moderation.

While I am okay with most of them. I definitely do not like B, C, or G. B is too punchy and saturating reds to the legal limit in the car. I have a feeling the car's paint is actually a little on the orange side in real life, especially when comparing to the face-paint frame. C makes skin look dead. And G has too much yellow going on in skintones as well as too much mid-tone contrast that makes it feel more like a gritty photograph, less motion-picture-esque.

 

[Brendan H. Banks]

Mostly D for me, with some difficulty on a few -- usually between D & F.

 

[Nawaf Alsabhan]

Thanks for the experiment Phil,
I'm liking E for the Blue color in most of the shots, specifically the sky in the building shot, and the Blue reflected on the bumper in the Red Car shot.

But I think D looks better for skin tone, and it's less contrast then E.

 

[Marcus Struzina]

Phil, the suspense! what are these settings?

 

[Derek Carlson]

D is my favorite in all of them.

 

[Maz Mawlawi]

D and A

 

[Sage Humphries]

Amazing that there is so much similarity between the responses. I chose before reading anything and agree with what appears to be the consensus D and then A.

 

[Spencer Weaver]

A, C, D, F

are my favorite. They would be my choice.

B is also nice on some of the shots (nice and contrasty and "real" feeling)

 

[Spencer Weaver]

Just reading through the other responses... funny how many people also fav'ed A and D

A and D feel really good to me.

C is like a more grounded "real life" looking version of D... whereas D is more creamy and feel better for cinema.

I like F as a middle ground between the "creamy" D and the "real life" C

A is the most pleasing to me... but the smoothie-cream may be too strong for some shots. For example I think it blooms too much on your skin Phil... but feels nice on the first lady pictured. For the painted lady I also wouldn't choose A as it comes across as too "soft" and I like a the higher contrast B for her.

 

[Jens Jakob Thorsen]

A and D