today i gained experience in the realization that you can't photograph in the dark too well i tried setting my iso to allow for greater sensitivity and gain more detail haha was i mistaken i completely botched it and below is the result unedited because well it would be a waste of time.
I did however get a portrait format panorama that came out ok and a detail shot that i kinda like
let me know what to fix in future thanks
Not sure what was off about the top shot re ISO. I think it looks more properly exposed than some of your other river shots. Too much grain?
I really like shot #2 and #3. Given the washed out or low interest sky, these shots with little or no sky are much better compositions IMO. Looks to me like you re really getting the hang of this. The only thing i might do differently are on #2, re compose to totally eliminate any sky, it not interesting and the brightness is drawing attention away from the rocks and nice reflection. Shot #3 is great with no sky but I might re compose a little to the R to bring the main water fall closer to the thirds line.
I really like your work! It could use a little pop though. When you say unedited... are you shooting RAW and doing post processing or are these JPG's that you are editing? If RAW, there should be a lot you can do to make most of your images stunning. The first image I see several different crops that could be quite interesting, the second could be cropped a little tighter and the third only the bright orange spot (Leaf?) on the top right is somewhat of a distraction.
yeah these are all from raw i have to learn how to edit better but currently I'm working on good composition structure.
the first is a dud due to the fact that enlarged it becomes grainy that was from raw no editing
the second is a 6-7 shot panorama that i was just testing because its my first one. it could definitely use some punch.
the 3rd well i like it i get that the orange is distracting but its actually my second favorite part of this...plus its my favorite color in life so its almost like a signature i might steal it from this photo and plant it in all my photos as an easter egg haha.
Thanks Red
Lots of advice on basic edits to make via Youtube.
Attilio Ruffo has just started a series on his basic edits steps you might want to follow: https://youtu.be/xkAcg14t_gY
thanks for the hookup David
It's a process... you'll get there! Keep shooting!
I've got the bug i don't think its going away any time soon
I love your 2nd and 3rd shots Joseph. They are great. The top one is nice too but I am so over blurred water shots.Not a personal criticism but you rarely see a shot that looks real.I guess it's that artistic choice we all have.
i know what your saying Geoff i will have different scenery for you to look at as soon as i go on vacation for now its weekend park excursions. hopefully i can get to the shore soon to get some beach pics and possibly to the mountains for better grand views
I love long exposures, but I feel the same way mostly because I think most folks are overdoing the time span. Milky smooth water looses all of it's interest and ironically, motion. I like shorter "long" exposures that leave some of the texture in. There are also ways to blend both a long exposure and a short exposure to add back some of the texture in the smoothest portions of the water. But n general, I like to see both the blur and the motion through texture and detail.
thats not a bad idea if you were to take 2 exposures overlap them and make the top layer say 40% that could make for an interesting effect. ill try it next weekend maybe ill be able to get some good light too the rain is killing me
david i did actually have a 2 shot from this morning to show an overlap. its a 50% overlay base photo was at fast shutter speed and the top long let me know if this is a stupid tactic sorry for the poor image quality
Yeah that's the idea. I'd probably adjust the mix for a little more of the long exposure with just a hint of the static shot for texture. I'd also paint the texture in over the water only (not sure if you did that but worth mentioning). Another Youtuber, Adam Gibbs has done an episode on this specific topic, but don't have a link. Check his cannel.
You're getting there, Joseph! I think #1 has the most potential, you just have to find a way to compose it better. The light is terrible, for starters, the color temperature is way too cool - are you sure you got your white balance right? It should look more like this, actually.
no I'm not sure at all actually i will need to research this ...im assuming you are referring to in camera settings
Yes, in-camera. This might explain why you're struggling with autumn colors, too.
ok that makes sense because when i get images to laptop they are either really blue in hue or just greyed out
Try this in Photoshop: Crank Saturation and vibrance up to 100%, zoom in on things in the photograph that should be white. Now move the color temperature slider towards yellow if the white reference point is blue or towards blue if it is yellow. Stop when it turns white, green or magenta. Now, unless you already have arrived at white, do the same with the tint slider, move towards green if reference point is still magenta in color and vice versa. Rinse and repeat if necessary, you should see mostly white color.
Afterwards, reset saturation and vibrance sliders to 0. You now have a color corrected image.
awesome ill try it tonight..thanks Thorsten