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That last one is the better one of all of them.
I would pull it into Photoshop and add some blending layers and make it pop.
Very good. better.
using black and white as an exercise can be very helpful to get you used to honing in on a subject and focused much more on composition.
Here are a few of mine which are simple, clear, use of the rule of thirds, some also with a clear subject.
The tree in the water shot was taken on a tripod with long exposure to give the water a smooth glassy look.
The Grand Canyon shot would be soooo much better if the guy on the rock at the far right was closer in and sitting on the edge of the first rock outcropping in the lower right.
Pardon the lens spots in some of these. Some work is still required.
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Good for you. keep it up.
First question: What is your main subject here? Is is just the scene? otherwise not much there. Maybe go much much wider. I’ve heard it said that a landscape photo should have and foreground, midground and background with a clear subject.
It would be nice to have a subject on the beach in the lower left, maybe a boat, hut, person(s), etc…Something to draw in the viewer.
The edges are too dark and need brightening.
Need more color or if there is not enough color consider black and white.
Maybe be 30+ feet lower in elevation.Consider the attached three of my recent failed pano landscape attempts last week taken from the same spot on a dull day at the golden hour.
Photo 1: The hills and rocks are too far away to be interesting and the hill on the left side is a big distraction.
Photo 2: Pulls you to the beach down from the bench and path and to the cove which curves into the rocky cliffs, and the hills begin to add interest. Cliffs are too dark. Probably the best of the three.
Photo 3: Turns out the rocky cliffs are not that interesting after all and there is a cool church and graveyard but too far away to add interest or to be the subject. The foreground is a distraction.
All don’t have much color and the sky is very weak plus there are some con trails in the sky.Sailboat Photo: Taken the day before. Very simple, no color and the subject is obvious. I kind of like that one.
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Overall a great start.
1. All underexposed by 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop or more.
2. Avoid harsh light, the brown cookie photo. use a sheet or reflector to create soft light.
3. Adjust your color balance to be consistent. The images are too warm
4. Depth of field looks OK, play with your focus plane some and pick the best ones.
5. bump up your clarity, maybe?I want a desert now.
I like the first two shots best. I suggest using the brush tool to boost the exposure on the squirrel’s body. It’s a little underexposed.
I like this one.
Although way over done on your clarity settings. I would actually like to have seen it pulled back some, not cropped in, and I usually like to go in tight. There is too little space at the top left around the branch.
Also, try and see what it looks like in B&W.
There is nothing wrong with lots of blank or negative space.
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Great, great shot.
Try eliminating everything to the right of the rider and letting it fade to dark. All that stuff to the right looks like a distraction. Don’t crop it though, you need the space on the right to balance the image.I like this a lot.
It looks very cool (blue) to me. Try warming it some. I would also try dragging a gradient filter across from right to left and bumping up the exposure increasing it more on the right side of the image. Also turn the bear so it is facing her. Try a little less contrast and see what that looks like as well.
Well done.I have an Expodisc also. It is good for getting the WB close in camera for mixed lighting situations; especially flash, so the images look good on your camera display during the shoot. However; Using a small gray card at your subject and shooting raw and adjusting in post is probably the cheapest and still the best way to do it. Just get a business card sized gray card.
Sometimes thing just go your way. Consider the two attached images. I took 3,200 images at this performance. The stage lighting was held up off the floor with masonry blocks spread across the stage. The blocks were near perfect gray cards for all my shots. See “Image 1”. I still needed to adjust WB in groups of performance sets because the above stage lighting varied a lot. But I could get the WB very close with the blocks and the eye dropper tool and warm it up a bit and change groups of images all at the same time.
The second image is “as shot” in camera without WB adjustment even though I set the WB in camera for the room lighting before the performance. You can see how warm it is “as shot”. All orig images shot RAW always.
We loose some of the detail converting it to 2MB and jpg.
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looks like there is still a blue cast to your image. Try adding red with the slider or use lightroom to do a targeted adjustment. You can also use the white balance dropper to pick a neutral gray and work from that starting point. Usually adding a little warmth when shooting peeps. If there are no neutral grays or whites to pick then try picking the whites of her eye as a neutral gray. I trust you shot the image in RAW so you can adjust the white balance. Also try using a gray card in the test shot and shoot with fill flash, even outdoors but turn it down 2 stops. You are shooting with green light when in the shade due to reflection off of the foliage.
Hi Anna!
Missed you last week.
If you get a chance I’ll bring my laptop to TGD and give you an introduction to Lightroom.
This is three images stitched together automatically (sort of) in Lightroom. First I adjust for lens distortion and then merge the images.
