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NikonGuy said:
I actually really like them. While they aren't " high quality " in terms of noise, or detail, or color etc. They both still are really awesome. Just the size of the moon in the clouds there, good job on both :good:
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Thank you. I actually think i am going to start a new folder just for skies. And fill it up. I love changing the skies in some of my pictures. Its ultra easy and can sometimes make the image even better.
 
spirit said:
Lovely lighting. I like how the mountains look quite dark against that warm light! Looks very peaceful too. :)
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Thanks! I'm not 100% pleased with how the HDR turned out but that's pretty close to what I was seeing that afternoon :)
 
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I did over expose this one on propose,( ^ ) But even in pos the clouds seem to have an unrealistic blue I can't remove?.. Plus looks grainy to me. What do you guys think?

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This is the only one I actually really like. ( ^ )

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Seems to me like the corn just isn't focus, you can't tell anything apart? ( ^ )

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Here I could only get the clouds to look dramatic, but it took away color of the corn messing it up. ( ^ )

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Here it seems far to yellow, am I correct? ( ^ )

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If you would not know this is a day time shot, Would it pass as a night shot? ( ^ )

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Also again, Too yellow?
 
Punk said:
Thanks! I'm not 100% pleased with how the HDR turned out but that's pretty close to what I was seeing that afternoon :)
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Didn't even notice these were HDR. Nicely done! :good:

NikonGuy said:
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I did over expose this one on propose,( ^ ) But even in pos the clouds seem to have an unrealistic blue I can't remove?.. Plus looks grainy to me. What do you guys think?
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Looks fine to me - doesn't seem grainy but I am looking at a small/resized version of your photo after all. What settings did you use?

It also doesn't look overexposed at all to me. How bright is your monitor if you think that is overexposed? :P

And I quite like the blue in the clouds but if you don't you can probably use the colour channels tool in Lightroom to try and remove it or adjust the white balance a bit.
 
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spirit said:
Didn't even notice these were HDR. Nicely done! :good:


Looks fine to me - doesn't seem grainy but I am looking at a small/resized version of your photo after all. What settings did you use?

It also doesn't look overexposed at all to me. How bright is your monitor if you think that is overexposed? :P

And I quite like the blue in the clouds but if you don't you can probably use the colour channels tool in Lightroom to try and remove it or adjust the white balance a bit.
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F/22 1/20th sec at Iso 100 Tripoded. It is not that I personally don't like the blue, I just have a notion in me that people don't like it if it doesn't look 100% real? Personally, I like the style, I like going beyond what you just see everyday. Just that does not matter is the rest of the world doesn't. ?
 
Well like we've all told you, each photographer/person has their own taste. Some people love photos that look surreal and some hate them. What you need to do when you edit is not necessarily edit for other people, but edit for yourself. Edit the photos in the way you like and edit the photos how you like them. Obviously take on-board feedback to improve, but I think editing to please everybody who might look at your photos isn't going to happen because at the end of the day people have different tastes.

Another good thing to do is try new editing techniques. If you edit in one way and it doesn't work for you, try another.

It's not true at all that everybody will dislike your photos if they don't look 100% real, but there will be some people who will because everybody has their own taste after all. Ben (Punk) for example hates spot colour and prefers the more natural look, whereas I like spot colour because I think it is creative if it's done well. Ben disliking spot colour doesn't stop me or other people doing it. And then there's the never-ending HDR debate. Photography is an art after all. :)

Your photo looks realistic enough to me to be honest and it certainly isn't over-edited or a mess. I'd say it is edited well and doesn't look overexposed or grainy to me. :good:
 
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The first and second ones are definitely my favourites. I like the composition and leading lines in both. The second one looks a little underexposed to me and there is perhaps a tiny bit too much contrast but adjust that and it'll be a stunner. Sky looks good and the cloud formation looks dramatic which makes the photo interesting.

I'm not too hot on the third one but that's probably just the subject matter. Seems like there is too much contrast to me and it may be a little underexposed again (or just dark because of the contrast) but it looks like it's in focus, but again difficult to tell when looking at a resized version.

I prefer the fifth to the fourth - I think your composition in the fifth one is probably better. Sky looks fairly dramatic again and I like that but again too much contrast I think. You are right the white balance is perhaps a bit on the warm side, could try adjusting it to make it a tiny bit cooler but I don't think it's warm as you seem to think it is.

I can see what you've done in the sixth one - guess you could pass it off as a night shot if you didn't know it was taken in daylight.

And the final one is nice - I like how the pier enters the frame from the right and goes into the centre of the shot. Your composition is good and I like the tones in that one too. On my monitor it does seem perhaps a tiny bit underexposed though and the contrast seems quite high but you do get nice those nice blues in the sky as a result. What I tend to do to get nice blues in skies is play around with the tone curve and reduce the highlights, not increase the contrast.

I think the first, second and last are definitely my favourite photos because I prefer the subjects and I think your editing and composition are better in those shots. :)
 
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NikonGuy said:
F/22 1/20th sec at Iso 100 Tripoded. It is not that I personally don't like the blue, I just have a notion in me that people don't like it if it doesn't look 100% real? Personally, I like the style, I like going beyond what you just see everyday. Just that does not matter is the rest of the world doesn't. ?
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Most people don't like photos that look 100% real. Could you imagine portrait shots that are not edited at all? IMO, editing photos is what makes people really appreciate them as they see things they recognize yet it looks new to them.
 
spirit said:
The first and second ones are definitely my favourites. I like the composition and leading lines in both. The second one looks a little underexposed to me and there is perhaps a tiny bit too much contrast but adjust that and it'll be a stunner. Sky looks good and the cloud formation looks dramatic which makes the photo interesting.

I'm not too hot on the third one but that's probably just the subject matter. Seems like there is too much contrast to me and it may be a little underexposed again (or just dark because of the contrast) but it looks like it's in focus, but again difficult to tell when looking at a resized version.

I prefer the fifth to the fourth - I think your composition in the fifth one is probably better. Sky looks fairly dramatic again and I like that but again too much contrast I think. You are right the white balance is perhaps a bit on the warm side, could try adjusting it to make it a tiny bit cooler but I don't think it's warm as you seem to think it is.

I can see what you've done in the sixth one - guess you could pass it off as a night shot if you didn't know it was taken in daylight.

And the final one is nice - I like how the pier enters the frame from the right and goes into the centre of the shot. Your composition is good and I like the tones in that one too. On my monitor it does seem perhaps a tiny bit underexposed though and the contrast seems quite high but you do get nice those nice blues in the sky as a result. What I tend to do to get nice blues in skies is play around with the tone curve and reduce the highlights, not increase the contrast.

I think the first, second and last are definitely my favourite photos because I prefer the subjects and I think your editing and composition are better in those shots. :)
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I just viewed them here on the tablet and you are right, the 2nd one is underexposed, on my laptop it looked just right lol. I will fix it. The others too. Thanks
 
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Would you say this is better? I removed a tiny bit of contrast and upped exposure a very little. With that the clouds did loose some definition, but the over all exposure is clearer.
 
Yes certainly a good improvement, I can see detail in the pier now, but I still feel it could do with a bit more exposure unless you want to keep it darker for a more dramatic mood.

Either way it looks good!
 
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spirit said:
Yes certainly a good improvement, I can see detail in the pier now, but I still feel it could do with a bit more exposure unless you want to keep it darker for a more dramatic mood.

Either way it looks good!
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Thanks, yes personally I like the dramatic darker moods generally.. :good:
 
Think he may be referring to Photoshop. In Lightroom (5) you could use the Radial Blur tool to alter the exposure of one area of the photo.
 
spirit said:
Think he may be referring to Photoshop. In Lightroom (5) you could use the Radial Blur tool to alter the exposure of one area of the photo.
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I never found any brush like that in the RAW part of PS. There are other tools but in lightroom there is a brush. Not blur, just a regular brush that would do what he described. IDK lol
 
The radial filter doesn't actually blur... more like separate. If you have Lightroom 5 have a play with the Radial Filter and see what you think. :)
 
spirit said:
The radial filter doesn't actually blur... more like separate. If you have Lightroom 5 have a play with the Radial Filter and see what you think. :)
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You said blur not filter :P. Gotta be technical ;). Yes I have have LR5 and I know exactly which brush you mean :)
 
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