How to do Color Editing?

Photo editing color mode critique?

• This is a pic i took about a week ago at the Inlet and recently edited using both RGB color mode and Lab color mode. I just recently learned about the Lab color mode and how to use it and wanted some feedback. So which do you prefer(and why), the muted colors of the RGB pic or the more saturated colors of the Lab edit? Ty :) RGB http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6332564598_ac68f42732_z.jpg Lab http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6237/6348015532_3cdc0290e6_z.jpg

• Answer:

  I prefer the L*a*b* as it doesn't look as washed out as the RGB. The problem is that Lab is meant for when graphics have to be converted from RGB to CMYK. Your final product may not look like that as a lot of photo labs/printers use the sRGB color profile. I prefer (and so does the lab I use) Adobe RGB (1998) as it allows a wider color gamut than sRGB.