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Mack Duncan's picture

The Long Road Home

Any suggestions?
New to photoshopping

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Hope you don't mind but I took a quick peek at your other photos and you mentioned that you are color blind. That is important to know just from the perspective of looking for suggestions. Mind if I ask which type of color blind you have? I've known a few artists (and other personal friends) with the condition.

That said your magenta tone is very strong in this image; to the point the white house and stone path are magenta. I'd adjust the tone slider (green/magenta) a bit more towards the center or green. If you want a warmer (orange) feel then your Temperature slider (blue/orange) slider.

You may also find stripping all color and going for black and white tone image may also work too.

My composition feedback. I love the low angle. I'd level the house as your horizon, it's only ever slightly unlevel; and ideally you'd like a little more separation between the walker and the tree in front of him.

Just my suggestions of course. Welcome to the wonderful world of photography. :)

I'm mostly red-green color blind. But different shades of red, oranges, and pinks look similar also some blues, purples and magenta's look similar.
And I do like the low angle shots as well when I'm not shooting aerial shots. It was hard to get a desired separation while taking the picture of myself (hoping to be as candid as possible).
Thank you!

Ahh didn't realize you were also the subject; indeed very tricky to pull off. Better then anything I could pull off then, I need a ton of practice framing myself using the camera remote.

I agree with Joe on all points, Mack. To separate the figure and tree you'd need to preplan where you're going to walk. Perhaps moving the camera to the right, and panning left a little could make the path appear to swing wider left of the tree, making this easier.

Personally, I can't get beyond the magenta hue. It is unusual, but unless it is making an aesthetic statement about color-blindness, it doesn't make any sense to me at all. I suggest the use of a grey card to achieve a realistic color balance, or perhaps a black and white conversion.

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