simulate low light levels/purkinje effect?

[jhunderhill]

Hello all,
I am writing my dissertation in art history and need to show how a an ancient mural --full of blues and greens-- was meant to appear at sunset on the summer solstice, when it was perfectly aligned with the setting sun. I am arguing that the makers of this picture utilized the Purkinje effect (great info on wikipedia if you don't know what it is --as a newbie i cant post links). Any advice on the best way to do this? I have CS5.
New to photoshop, thanks in advance for any feedback.
Thanks so much.
Justin

 

[Steve]

I think I know the look you're looking for.
You can't post a link but you can post images.

Find an example of the Purkinje effect and post it here.
Post an image you want to try this on and we'll see what it takes.

Off the top of my head I would think desaturating the red and reducing the overall brightness of the image would be what you need.

 

[sweasel]

The new vibrance adjustment might help. It's like saturation, but it excludes reds.

 

[jhunderhill]

It is the middle image, you can also see it by looking up "purkinje effect" on wikipedia and seeing the middle image of the geranium.
Thanks so much...

 

[jhunderhill]

This is an example of the image I want to adjust along the lines of the second image below.

 

[jhunderhill]

...here it is rotated. Mesoamerican jaguar mural.

 

[mrkaassis]

find example like
purkinje