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This was in the evening before a spring storm. I didn’t do any editing, but do you have any advise about editing? What about composition? Thanks!
Nikon d3400
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1/125 sec.
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The photo looks under-exposed in general.
As far as composition, I would try to include something in the foreground; there’s not currently anything that grabs my interest and makes me want to just look and look at this photo; it also looks very “half-and-half” with sky vs. trees, I think it would look better 1/3 to 2/3. And the photo impresses me as being crooked… the skyline descends ever so slightly from L to R, and the grass line (or at least the shadow on the grass) ascends from L to R; not necessarily bad, it just doesn’t look like it was intentional.
As far as editing, the shadows on some of the trees (lower right, maybe also lower left corner) seem distracting, so I’d try to brighten those.
This reminds me of a place near our our property here in Georgia! First off, It’s underexposed, so I would re-take it at 1/100th ISO 200. I also am not a big fan of the yellow/greenish tint this photo has, so you might be able to edit that a bit or use a different white balance. I also think a square crop would work well for this image, to capture more clouds and trees.
I might try to darken the highlights and lighten the shadows. I do this to many of my landscapes shot on bright days to bring back the sky and illuminate the land. I started a post called “pasture in golden hour”- the centered histogram was achieved using this technique.
Thank you for everyone’s advise!
How do these ones look?
A different orientation, cropped and brightened,and one with a foreground element.Attachments:
I like the second pic! I might try to selectively lighten the shadows in the right hand corner, and possibly turn the green saturation down a little to put more emphasis on the sky. A little contrast might help too. Not too sure about the composition though- I prefer horizontal landscapes.
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I’m not quite sure about the colors-it doesn’t look nature. But I think I see what you mean about the saturation of the trees.
I just ran it through lightroom quick- not what I call a good job either. I do prefer more subdued greens with interesting cloud formations though.
@blessingscaptured, I think the lighting in those pictures is better, and the picture with the flowers is very pretty!
Just to clarify, when I was said that I would try to include something in the foreground, I meant that I’d try to have essentially the same photo with the trees and sky, but have something in the foreground of that picture. 🙂I think you’ve got stuff to work with here.
Layers – foreground shadow, dramatic sunlight on field, a row of trees and the beautifully textured sky beyond
Subject – You’ve got the gnarly bright branches on the right and the bright trunk of the tree on the leftish….I’d make one or the other the “subject”
Depth – You’ve got a nice tree on the left….maybe getting closer or down lower to make it extend higher than it currently does beyond the current horizon line.
Composition – The cut-through-center composition makes the forest and sky compete without a clear winner…
Editing – I’d pull out the beautiful texture in the sky!Thanks @JamesStaddon for your advise!
How would I’d go about pulling out the texture in the sky?How would I’d go about pulling out the texture in the sky?
Usually using the Clarity slider in Lightroom. Even using the brush tool with Clarity too sometimes!
How does this edit look? I used clarity on the sky. I also darkened the center/left tree trunk.
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