Hello everyone,
I was at the Outer Banks of North Carolina about 3-4 years ago. Unfortunately I was only able to visit Bodie Island during the middle of the day so all I have are these photos with really harsh light. I have tried several times to do a sky replacement with some of photos of that day but haven't really had anything that I was happy with...until now. I think these could work? I like the brighter one my self. I think it looks more realistic. My questions are which one do you prefer/do they look realistic? And also, what are some things I can do to clean it up a little bit. I do notice some blue left over from the previous sky around the tips of the tree and some of the tips of the grass. I think it's only really noticeable if you zoom in or if you are really looking for it though. Also, I think that blue that's left over almost looks like a mist and I kind of like it. I'm not real sure I want to go through the trouble of getting rid of it anyways. Anyways, I thought I'd post these and see what people think. Thanks.
No! But that is what makes it so cool. Looks like a painting. I really like it. Realism is ubiquitous thanks to iPhones.
Thanks!
Hi Kyle,
New on site here, and relatively new to digital photography. Still learning.
I like the lower one because sky isn't as burnt as on the top one, and overall brightness somewhat matches time of the day. Personally I'd darken even more.
Regarding fixing spots, I am using affinity photo which has inpaint brush tool for fixing such minor distractions, which is awesome BTW, in Photoshop I believe this is done in the process of selection and having painted over with content aware tool.
Looking on the mobile phone I can't see how much those distractions are noticable.
Hope that helps.
I like the 2nd one better. It's a little more realistic, but it is the "odd look" that makes it interesting.
Have to agree with the others, very nice photo and style; and I too prefer the second version. Not realistic, but that is also it's charm; this may even look better then "realistic".
If you want to remove the blue fringing on the trees it's easy enough. Make a Hue/Saturation layer, go into the channels and remove the blue... Now back on the Hue/Sat layer make a mask, invert the mask, then just paint out of the image wherever you wish to remove the blue..
Thanks!