Hi Guys,
I guess this is one of my better pictures. I took it on my trip to Scotland last summer.
But as a photographer I'm really eager to learn and I need you guys to help me with that.
Please share your thoughts on this picture with me, it would help me a lot!
thank you, thank you and thank you!
Hi Yarut, color and light are there, but there is some heavy haloing around the rock on the right, and the composition feels unbalanced because of the same big rock. Is the horizon crooked too ? It is a beautiful scene, you just need to find the perfect composition so the viewer can feel the same.
Thank you for commenting Nick, as I reacted at Francisco, I think the halowing has to do with the removal of the abbaration. and a poor lens. I believe I shot this with my kit lens. As for your "crooked" comment I dont really know what you mean there? the rock formations are just as they were, nothing shopped there. I was really going for the reflection here, but would it have been better to lower the horizon a bit to say 1/3 ;), please let me know!
Crooked means the horizon isn't straight, as Francisco pointed out.
Its a pleasant shot. Horizon could be straighter, and I see glowing and chromatic aberration on the rock edges on the right.
Thanks for commenting, I have tried deleting most abberation in post and maybe that is what caused the halowing as well, I dont know. Anyway next time I have a better lens at my disposal Ill see if I can reduce the abbaration. Thanks!
Yarut, that abberation is easily fixable in photoshop.
1. Create a duplicate layer and convert for smart filter.
2. Gaussian blur the new layer until you can't see the fringing anymore (probably 6-8 pixels).
3. Switch that edited layer to color blend mode. The fringing should be completely gone but now your entire layer is blurred, so...
4. Mask that duplicate layer black and paint back the edge on that mask with a white brush.
This really is helpfull Francisco! Thanks. I'm still quite newbie to post. I think I've got Lightroom figured out by now but I'm using way to less Photoshop. I'll make sure and try to remove the abberation! Thanks again!
No problem. Also for haloing you can use a clone stamp tool set to darken. If you're editing few images at once id recommend using camera raw in photoshop instead of lightroom, as you'll get the same lightroom functionality plus the added benefit of editing tools that give you a lot more control in photoshop.
Youtube has an endless amount of tutorials that will allow you to learn photoshop very quickly.
I've not much to add over the horizon, halo and aberration comments. I find that LR normally does a pretty good job of removing chromatic aberration (under Lens Correction) - did you try this.
I'd be interested to know if the halos are created by over-sharpening. You could try scaling back to see if that helps. You could still keep the sharpness if desired and correct as suggested, or perhaps even remove in LR by using the sharpness Masking slider.
Just some things to try.
Alan also thank you for taking the time to comment! Much appriciated! I have used the chorma correction in LR, and im thinking this might have caused the halos. Since ive only painted in clarity and sharpness I do not think this could have caused the haloing.
For all thanks again, I haven't had time yet to try and move some things around, when I am back in LR/PS I will try to apply some of your critiques and see what it wil do!
pretty image i agree with whats already been spoken of all i can add is look into luminosity masking to eliminate the halo effect also all tones are looking very similar you need to be able to have multiple tones throughout the image so it doesn't get muddy luminosity masks will help with this as they select varying tones and you can manipulate to render a better image