I think what @Mr-Quebec is trying to say is that he thinks the image white balance needs “warmed” a bit. I guess I agree with him, but I don’t think it needs quite as much as his example shows.
Wow, that is a sharp picture! However, when ‘pixel peeping’ at your image, I notice that the sharpening method could have been improved. It looks to me like the sharpening was applied globally to the whole image, instead of just to the edges where it’s really needed. I don’t have your original to give an example, so I’ll use an image of my own! (From this post)
The Lightroom sharpening tool has a very powerful option which can make all the difference between “good” sharpening and “bad” sharpening. I never used to use it until I watched a tutorial video which explained how it worked. Ever since then, I have used it on every one of my picures. Let me just give you a visual representation…
If you scroll through the attached images and watch the sliders, you can see what settings changed between screenshots. (The file-names might help you identify them also.) The ‘black-and-white’ one is the mask which basically lets you tell Lightroom which parts of the image to sharpen, and which parts to leave alone. The black parts will not be sharpened at all, and the white will be sharpened at the amount you specify. (I would recommend that you download and view them fullscreen so you can see the real details.)
To show the mask, hold down the ‘Alt’ key, (or Option key for a Mac) while moving the ‘Masking’ slider, so you can get a visual representation of what sharpening is happening.
Here’s a video tutorial that shows how all the Sharpening sliders in Lightroom work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_xVvTIJyvM (Make sure to select HD, so you can actually see what is happening in the tutorial)
To be honest, this video taught me too! I had forgotten that the ‘Radius’ and ‘Detail’ sliders could also be “previewed” with the ‘Alt’ key, I never mess with them, so I didn’t really worry about it. I guess I should study up on them and learn how to use them also!
Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to put attachments in any kind of order. Perhaps that could go on James’s “forum improvement” list? 🙂
I notice that the exif data shows 270mm at f/6.3, that’s not the Tamron 18-270mm is it? I’ve heard about it, but this is the first time I’ve seen some pictures taken with it.
