Hi everyone,
Just after some CC on the edit. I have a tendency to over saturate and take the post processing a little far. Any feedback is appreciated.
Marc.
Feedback please
Hi everyone,
Just after some CC on the edit. I have a tendency to over saturate and take the post processing a little far. Any feedback is appreciated.
Marc.
yes, it seems to me quite over processed. The saturation effect is too strong. To me, I'm wondering about the subject of the photo?
The rock formation is the subject of interest here. I'd say making them more prominent in the frame would make for stronger composition.
To me, the rocky forms would be more obvious with another frame. A 4 by 5 maybe?
I actually think the colors look good, could be wrong but sometimes color is such an easy thing to criticize that it just gets thrown out there. the colors on the rocks look good, I might add a little yellow into the sky/upper section, not much but a little. I personally would like to add a little shadow brightening. A square crop might look good, the background is more interesting than the foreground. If I were to crop it I would put the top of the middle rock on the bottom 3rd crosshair. The grass takes away from the subject background separation of the rock from the canyon.
TL;DR: I like the color try cropping it!
I agree with where Dave is going however, I like to let the subject (rock formation) or prominent feature dictate the aspect ratio. I'd keep the Portrait aspect however, to Dave
s suggestion, I'd crop in tighter to show your intent was to feature the rock formation and the sky. Dave's crop accomplishes showing all you need from the foreground. I would maybe go a little tighter (side to side) and have the portrait mode mirror the rocks dimension. I'd desaturate just a touch on the sky and bring the shadows up a touch. I don't think the hill feature on the left adds much and like the plateau on the right so I'd just pull in the left side and purposely keep the rock formation off center.
Hey Marc - I don't mind the processing on this. I think the crop is an issue. Here's a suggestion. I also did a brighten then dehaze to pop to rocks from the background a little more and shadowed the bright grass in the foreground. I think this is a lovely image and whatever you decide, you should be happy with it!
Cheers!
Thanks for all the comments, the site is called the Three Sisters and you really only see them from one angle that everyone shoots. Was just trying something a little different than the norm. The rocks do get a little lost in the picture.
Now this one is really nice Marc! Are these the Three Sisters in Canyon de Chelly?
It's the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains in Australia.
No shortage of CC already, Marc! For my taste, yes you've over-saturated, but I like the composition with the foreground grasses and the escarpment on the right. The Sisters could use a closer image in addition, but I like the context here, and in the image you've posted later (you can post additional images under the main one, in case you didn't realise).
I didn't want to give you uninvited CC on your portfolio, but I think those images are oversaturated - but this is personal taste, not right or wrong. You've got some good images there, & here. Show us more!