Hi,
i attached 2 versions of a shot i took for a cafe at Cairo, the first one is the raw without any edit, the second is after my full post processing from about 6 shots with different lighting.
let me know if you think it is over processed or it is fine, taking into consideration that the violet lighting the architect didn't design it and wanted to remove it from the shots
Absolutely Too much post processing. The original images need the whites increased and vertical lines straightened. I would have blacked out the tv.
but what about the colors? the existing lighting washed the whole scene
Nic is right about verticals, but thay are near strait... the post is not too much, it is a caffe bar that can hold on with such post.
The thing with post in this case is the midtone or micro or fine contrast added. That is indeed too much, it actualy produces something that is not seen on the scene by eye...
WB in the Right room is also distractual, it does not cach the eye... it diverts it.
Voting for the TV also....
thanks for your feedback
by be too much of sharpening is here... disrupts the "plastic" beauty.
When sharpen, use a layer and then delete the sharpen layer in places where is not needed, like smooth surfaces
but for me this photo is ok...
thanks for your feedback, just where on the pic u fond is too sharp?
the sharpness adds a contrast edge on contrasts, so i think that you do not need to sharpen everything... sharpen a layer than brush out some details that cach eyes too much like on clean surfaces or the lamps...
also do with clarity... make more selective clarity aplication.
since we use the same lens 8-16 i suggest you to correct edge distortion by applying some inverse stretching on egdes-borders with PS tools. or use DXO optics
Were you not able to turn the violet lighting off if the architect didn't want it? Seems like a lot of effort to remove in post... But yes, your intuition was correct, it definitely looks over-processed.
Ease up on the clarity slider, make the exterior more realistically bright (like original image). If you're not using flash, I'd recommend going down that road—it'll help keep your surface colors true and the shadows controlled. Thanks for sharing!
I agree with the others here as to the level of sharpening and clarity.
However, I would note that in photographing interiors for designers you need to be sensitive to those elements they are most proud of and minimize the elements they are not happy with.
In this case they did not like the purple light. Thus capturing the scene without the purple light would make them happy. The first image more clearly captures the designer's intent, materials and structures. The purple light would not help the designer market their idea of an attractive project.
If it doesn't look real, it is over processed.
thanks for the feedback
I've taken shots like this with the specific request to give it a "painterly look" for lack of a better term. If your client likes that look, then you've done okay. However, most of the time, a more natural look is desired. I use Photomatix Pro's Real Estate option in the Natural side of the program for just about all the real estate shots I take. It renders the image nicely with no HDR tone mapped look to them. This has too much of the tone mapped look for a typical real estate image.