Recent shots from a trip to Hawaii. I would appreciate any/all critiques, especially suggestions for post-processing. I'm hoping that posting as a group discussion can increase comments vs posting individual images. Thanks!
Recent shots from a trip to Hawaii. I would appreciate any/all critiques, especially suggestions for post-processing. I'm hoping that posting as a group discussion can increase comments vs posting individual images. Thanks!
1st one, is your best by far, it is better exposed, and the crop works because you have the man in the corner bottom looking into the scene. I love the clouds also. If you are a photoshop person or lightroom I would perhaps {slightly} lighten the man and the bouy and the blue boat. Then I would use clarity slider on the hills only at the back (but only slightly).
Second one, lift exposure slightly overall, then a bit more for the boats hill, and palm tree, nice crop. I like the foreground elements great shot.
3rd, I would not bother, far too underexposed, my eye goes straight to the mast at an angle.
4th, I see what you were trying to do here, with the rocks but I would have got closer to a foreground or zoomed in more so that the foreground is bigger. The portrait crop is too tight. Or preferably I would have used a landscape, as the sky is really interesting. Then you may have got away with the angle you took the shot. I would then get an angle slightly lower to keep the horizon out of the middle.
5th is a good crop, underposed.
Jeremiah - It would help you immensely to check your histogram each time, All your photos except the first are underexposed. I know you are going for that silhoutte but to enhance your images, it is always good practice to get some detail in the shadows. I am sure that you have found it hard to get a good exposure in one shot but learn to exposure stack - that it use a tripod, take a shot exposed properly for the sky, and then take another expose for the rocks or whatever is in shadow. Then its a matter or photoshop, painting one over the other. but shoot the shadows with just a bit of detail, so that the contrast isn't too much, and the outcome doesn't look unreal.
Thank you so much!