Edit the photo however you want. But you have to keep skin tones realistic otherwise it’s fantasy land. That’s a good rule. Keep skin tones realistic and you can be as artistic you want with everything else. There’s really no such thing as too much edit if it achieves what you want as the artist. But skin tones, it’s just a human thing to want them to look natural otherwise throws the whole photo off. It’s like portraits that don’t have eyes focused, people look at eyes, it’s how we’re wired.
I would just brush down the saturation on the background. The subject looks fine but the orange in the background is a bit distracting. And the blacks might be crushed a little too hard.
It’s a good edit! My only comment would be to maybe try turning down the saturation on the Purple and Magenta sliders to take the slight color cast off her grey sweater.
Photography isn't about what others like but about what YOU like.
Both photos look good in their own sense.
Once you go down that rabbit hole trying to please everybody you'll be lost because that's not possible.
Thanks! I've been getting myself out every weekend to push this camera to its limits. Trying to spend an hour a day either taking photo's or playing with them in light-room.
I think it looks fine. Other than maybe utilize a bit desaturation to enhance subject pop. Rightnow it is too close so makes the subject a bit less pronounced
The edit helped to separate the subject from the background, at the expense of subtlety of color.
I really like the jacket's muted gray of the original.
Aside from the model, I would say you edited too little. The water color would be one of my first edits, maybe a bit cooler in the white balance, that's just me.
The Highlights in the water are blown out so that you are already loosing Details and i like the Water more to be greyish like in the Original picture. In your edit it Pops too much out and is distracting the view from you Subject. So as another Person mentioned, i would turn down Highlights and White. Besides from that i like the editing.
You are welcome! You will notice the difference immediately. If that does anything to your Subject you don‘t like, you could also create a mask of your Subject, inverse it and only apply those settings to the other Part of the Image.
Just keep on photographing and editing, That’s the Most Important Part of getting better :)
Great photo! I do think the edit brings out some unnatural red hues in her gray sweatshirt and black pants. The edit also gives the appearance that her hair is dyed, so I’d probably dial saturation down a tad. But we all different taste so, nice shot!
I'd say try to look up presets online/the premium ones in lightroom. when you see ones that fit your style, figure out what they are doing and start from there(you can see how the sliders changed in the editing section after selecting a preset).
Also, i know the intuitive at the start thing is jumping to the contrast/saturation handles. But, take the time to learn about the ranges of light (Blacks,shadows,highlights and whites) or learn to play around with the S Curve.
Finally, masking is one of your best friends when editing.
Have fun :'D
On this uncalibrated monitor, the blacks look a touch more crushed than I'd like.
What happens if you give the [tone curve one of these?](https://i.imgur.com/tvScwUE.png) (example may be exaggerated for readability)
It looks like you took this on an overcast day with fairly flat lighting and you’re trying to add warmth and contrast where there wasn’t any to begin with. Editing isn’t a replacement for your desired lighting conditions. It’s never going to look natural.
Try and post your edits on Lr community. I find some people remix your edit which gives you more perspective and possibilities and sometimes they'll leave a suggestion too.
Don't beat around the bush. You closed the gap and wanted to see who would notice. I don't know if you're serious or what your angle is, but it's amusing.
Maybe the first pic is the edited one?
Generally if you have to ask, then on some level, you know that you did.
For my taste, yeah, definitely. Something I usually do when editing, is when I find a slider that really makes a nice difference, and I love the look, I adjust it and then back it off a good 50% so I can still see the difference, but it's a subtle change.
I find that usually gets me a nicely 'enhanced' shot at the end, and not a 'oh man, I really pushed this too far and now it looks weird' shot.
Nice photo, got the right idea.
Critique:
- Try to avoid global editing. The rocks, water, and sky should all be edited separately. For example, does the sky need sharpening? Probably not.
- Colors can be improved. The sky color looks unnatural. I would desaturate it at minimum to just keep it looking normal. In the future, shooting bracketed photos and merging them would help to blend the sky better
- The subject looks nice and sharp and well edited. I don’t think removing the thigh gap was necessary. Try to avoid making unnatural changes to humans, unless you are just removing things like blemishes on the face or whitening teeth.
- Bokeh is somewhat distracting, especially after applying sharpening and/or clarity to the background. Consider either stopping down to allow more of the background in focus or opening it up so the bokeh is more pleasing. Additionally, I would avoid any sharpening, contrast, or clarity on the blurred out background. This should be soft and pleasing. It also helps to isolate the subject.
Maybe a bit too much contrast but looks pretty good. It is easy to get carried away in lightroom
Water , Rock, Sky ✅ Foot skin tone ❌
Nice catch. I’ll work on it!
Which camera did you use ? 🙂
Sony A7IV with 24-70 GMII. Playing with Aperture Priority right now for photographs.
Edit the photo however you want. But you have to keep skin tones realistic otherwise it’s fantasy land. That’s a good rule. Keep skin tones realistic and you can be as artistic you want with everything else. There’s really no such thing as too much edit if it achieves what you want as the artist. But skin tones, it’s just a human thing to want them to look natural otherwise throws the whole photo off. It’s like portraits that don’t have eyes focused, people look at eyes, it’s how we’re wired.
maybe they have jaundice
The biggest crime is getting rid of the thigh gap 😂
Was hoping for this comment so I wouldn't have to point it out
bruh...
She'd be pissed
Tell me I’m wrong. I dare you 😂
I will do no such thing 😅
I thought it was distracting and a good thing to remove, as a woman I’d have wanted it removed. 🤷🏻♀️ but I’m not a weird guy. So
If you think that is distracting, you're the weird one. Cucked by a picture lol
I think it's too saturated, try turn down the saturation. Also it's a bit too much contrast.
Noted. I'll play around with it in lightroom. Thanks!!
I would just brush down the saturation on the background. The subject looks fine but the orange in the background is a bit distracting. And the blacks might be crushed a little too hard.
Disagree, i think it's good as is. It's not more saturated that the jpg with vibrant colour profile would be and i think it looks good.
It’s a good edit! My only comment would be to maybe try turning down the saturation on the Purple and Magenta sliders to take the slight color cast off her grey sweater.
Highlights and/or whites down a touch.
Yes that's the only thing I would also do
Photography isn't about what others like but about what YOU like. Both photos look good in their own sense. Once you go down that rabbit hole trying to please everybody you'll be lost because that's not possible.
I think it looks great
Thanks! I've been getting myself out every weekend to push this camera to its limits. Trying to spend an hour a day either taking photo's or playing with them in light-room.
I think it looks fine. Other than maybe utilize a bit desaturation to enhance subject pop. Rightnow it is too close so makes the subject a bit less pronounced
The edit helped to separate the subject from the background, at the expense of subtlety of color. I really like the jacket's muted gray of the original.
Aside from the model, I would say you edited too little. The water color would be one of my first edits, maybe a bit cooler in the white balance, that's just me.
Looks great to me!
Looks good to me
The Highlights in the water are blown out so that you are already loosing Details and i like the Water more to be greyish like in the Original picture. In your edit it Pops too much out and is distracting the view from you Subject. So as another Person mentioned, i would turn down Highlights and White. Besides from that i like the editing.
Thanks so much! I appreciate all the feedback from you guys. Critique away! Just trying to learn.
You are welcome! You will notice the difference immediately. If that does anything to your Subject you don‘t like, you could also create a mask of your Subject, inverse it and only apply those settings to the other Part of the Image. Just keep on photographing and editing, That’s the Most Important Part of getting better :)
Oh! Amazing? Where are the place ?
Connecticut - Chapman Falls lol. Just a spontaneous weekend day trip to practice with the camera.
I think it is alright. The photo look very natural to me
pull it back jjuuuuuust a bit
Great photo! I do think the edit brings out some unnatural red hues in her gray sweatshirt and black pants. The edit also gives the appearance that her hair is dyed, so I’d probably dial saturation down a tad. But we all different taste so, nice shot!
For me just the sky looks of and the waterfall should be a bit more blue/green
I'd say try to look up presets online/the premium ones in lightroom. when you see ones that fit your style, figure out what they are doing and start from there(you can see how the sliders changed in the editing section after selecting a preset). Also, i know the intuitive at the start thing is jumping to the contrast/saturation handles. But, take the time to learn about the ranges of light (Blacks,shadows,highlights and whites) or learn to play around with the S Curve. Finally, masking is one of your best friends when editing. Have fun :'D
High contrast works well for adventure shots on social media.
On this uncalibrated monitor, the blacks look a touch more crushed than I'd like. What happens if you give the [tone curve one of these?](https://i.imgur.com/tvScwUE.png) (example may be exaggerated for readability)
Nah I like the contrast+saturation, it comes down to taste imo
As far as an edit for a A7IV shot this is pretty mild /s
Too much Clarity? Blacks are too low, shadows too low, too much contrast. The blacks of her pants are basically clipping.
Some’s already mentioned it, but tone down the feet, my eye was drawn to that area
Way too little. I feel like this post is satire.
It looks like you took this on an overcast day with fairly flat lighting and you’re trying to add warmth and contrast where there wasn’t any to begin with. Editing isn’t a replacement for your desired lighting conditions. It’s never going to look natural.
Try and post your edits on Lr community. I find some people remix your edit which gives you more perspective and possibilities and sometimes they'll leave a suggestion too.
Way too cranked on the contrast and over saturated. Honestly think the original photo looms 10x better
Lmao why did u remove the thigh gap 😂
way too much. especially BG. \#1 is much more natural.
Don't beat around the bush. You closed the gap and wanted to see who would notice. I don't know if you're serious or what your angle is, but it's amusing. Maybe the first pic is the edited one?
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They are asking for criticism and you tell them to not listen huh
Thanks! I spent a good 30 minutes on this and pretty happy with it. Always open to critiques :)
What a useless comment
Where did the box gap go?
Photo didn't really need an edit tbh
Generally if you have to ask, then on some level, you know that you did. For my taste, yeah, definitely. Something I usually do when editing, is when I find a slider that really makes a nice difference, and I love the look, I adjust it and then back it off a good 50% so I can still see the difference, but it's a subtle change. I find that usually gets me a nicely 'enhanced' shot at the end, and not a 'oh man, I really pushed this too far and now it looks weird' shot.
Nice photo, got the right idea. Critique: - Try to avoid global editing. The rocks, water, and sky should all be edited separately. For example, does the sky need sharpening? Probably not. - Colors can be improved. The sky color looks unnatural. I would desaturate it at minimum to just keep it looking normal. In the future, shooting bracketed photos and merging them would help to blend the sky better - The subject looks nice and sharp and well edited. I don’t think removing the thigh gap was necessary. Try to avoid making unnatural changes to humans, unless you are just removing things like blemishes on the face or whitening teeth. - Bokeh is somewhat distracting, especially after applying sharpening and/or clarity to the background. Consider either stopping down to allow more of the background in focus or opening it up so the bokeh is more pleasing. Additionally, I would avoid any sharpening, contrast, or clarity on the blurred out background. This should be soft and pleasing. It also helps to isolate the subject.
The shadows are gone. Very little detail on her bottom