Gen and I were at the waterfront from early evening to nightfall. We'd gotten some amazing shots on steps, in front of the boats, on the boardwalk. I wanted to try something I'd never tried before and set up this shot under a marquee. Sadly, I forgot to change the white balance and as you can see in the first picture the outcome was garish. I did catch my mistake and rebalance so all was not lost.
This was one of my favorites (and hers) from that shoot so I knew I had to recover it. The result is some the most extensive editing I've had to do in Lightroom. Used Photoshop to remove the pole.
What's an example of a mistake you made and had to recover? Or was it not recoverable? Would you have edited this differently. What's your feedback on this edit?
Canon EOS 77D
Sigma DC 17-50
38mm
ISO100
1sec
f4
Ambient Light
The color looks very good but the blurry people don't really add much, cropping them out keeps the attention on Gem.
Thanks, Mike. Yeah it fell short of what i was trying to do - blur to make her the center of attention but the crowd was too thin. I plan on trying this again sometime.
The most common mistake I deal with is missed focus on sports shots, but on this particular image, I had acceptable focus, but garishly blown highlights on her uniform. The highlights were blown because I was trying not to lose detail in the black of the uniform. I was unable to fix it in post, which I found rather disappointing.
As for your edit, I do like it. I think the only thing I would have done differently is in regards to the branch of the tree that crosses the rightmost light. I would have removed the branch.
I can definitely imagine how hard it is to consistently focus in sports. I see what you mean about the highlights.
I appreciate your input. I hadn't considered the tree branch. It would look a lot cleaner without it. Thanks!
I'm working with the 5 year old Nikon D5600. It has a 39 point autofocus system, so that makes it hard in and of itself. There is a reason sports professionals pay thousands of dollars for cameras with hundreds of autofocus points.
I'm always glad to offer my input.