Re: My opinion.
I hope this was OK but I grabbed this one from your Flickr page and made some quick adjustments in Lightroom (but DPP would have done it just as easily).
The original. A nicely composed image but not level and with that 'out-of-camera' dullness'
29562948812_30b680878d_o.jpg
After less than 30 seconds editing:
29562948812_30b680878d_o.jpg
All I did was:
1. Straighten the wonky horizon (unless mounted and levelled on a tripod all images will need this to some degree).
2. Reduce highlights (this reveals detail previously hidden in overbright areas).
3. Increase shadows (this reveals detail hidden in the dark areas).
4. Optimise white and black levels.
5. Increase vibrance slightly.
6. Adjust sharpening and noise reduction.
Something to bear in mind is that these adjustments were to the jpeg and the camera will have thrown away most of the data the sensor captured. Saving a RAW file will provide far, far more data for the editor to work with thereby producing superior results.
Edit> Viewing the posted images I see both suffer from direct upload but, not being my images, I didn't want these to go via Flickr.
Cheers,
John
I hope this was OK but I grabbed this one from your Flickr page and made some quick adjustments in Lightroom (but DPP would have done it just as easily).
The original. A nicely composed image but not level and with that 'out-of-camera' dullness'
29562948812_30b680878d_o.jpg
After less than 30 seconds editing:
29562948812_30b680878d_o.jpg
All I did was:
1. Straighten the wonky horizon (unless mounted and levelled on a tripod all images will need this to some degree).
2. Reduce highlights (this reveals detail previously hidden in overbright areas).
3. Increase shadows (this reveals detail hidden in the dark areas).
4. Optimise white and black levels.
5. Increase vibrance slightly.
6. Adjust sharpening and noise reduction.
Something to bear in mind is that these adjustments were to the jpeg and the camera will have thrown away most of the data the sensor captured. Saving a RAW file will provide far, far more data for the editor to work with thereby producing superior results.
Edit> Viewing the posted images I see both suffer from direct upload but, not being my images, I didn't want these to go via Flickr.
Cheers,
John
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