3 new beach/people photos

[blackrose89]

My edit It still has a sense of darkness, but much better exposed and less contrasty IMO. I like it



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

 

[blackrose89]

My edit of the father photo


family by blackrose1981, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

My edit It still has a sense of darkness, but much better exposed and less contrasty IMO. I like it



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

This thread has been superb!!!! GREAT re-works and sharing of ideas and opinions. As far as this edit in post #31 goes: it all looks too "green"....sand, water, and the boy's skin has green undertones. Some of the earlier edits show the sky a different color, and the sand and water differently and I prefer the colors of the earlier edits, although the first one offered was a bit too dark for my taste. As to the comment about east coast "blue and purple"...I think that is more a matter of how your camera reacts to twilight-time light...white balance adjustments can make a HUGE, huge difference in how a camera records images. What I see blackrose in your originals is a bit of an "As-Shot WB" look that overly-emphasizes early evening light, and MAKES IT LOOK TOO blue, or too green, or too-monochromatic. Blue-toned images do convey an "evening" feel to many viewers.

Here is something I think is fun to do: set a pre-set white balance off of a white-painted chair, or a white plastic lawn chair that is QUITE WHITE in appearance, and do it in open shade, about three hours prior to sunset, in the location you will be photographing, and then use THAT pre-set WB as the one you make images with...

There's nothing worse than an AUTO-WB camera trying to cancel-out the lovely pinkish hues of the morning sky, or canceling out really beautiful lighting that comes right before a storm, etc., etc..

 

[blackrose89]

My edit It still has a sense of darkness, but much better exposed and less contrasty IMO. I like it



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

This thread has been superb!!!! GREAT re-works and sharing of ideas and opinions. As far as this edit in post #31 goes: it all looks too "green"....sand, water, and the boy's skin has green undertones. Some of the earlier edits show the sky a different color, and the sand and water differently and I prefer the colors of the earlier edits, although the first one offered was a bit too dark for my taste. As to the comment about east coast "blue and purple"...I think that is more a matter of how your camera reacts to twilight-time light...white balance adjustments can make a HUGE, huge difference in how a camera records images. What I see blackrose in your originals is a bit of an "As-Shot WB" look that overly-emphasizes early evening light, and MAKES IT LOOK TOO blue, or too green, or too-monochromatic. Blue-toned images do convey an "evening" feel to many viewers.

Here is something I think is fun to do: set a pre-set white balance off of a white-painted chair, or a white plastic lawn chair that is QUITE WHITE in appearance, and do it in open shade, about three hours prior to sunset, in the location you will be photographing, and then use THAT pre-set WB as the one you make images with...

There's nothing worse than an AUTO-WB camera trying to cancel-out the lovely pinkish hues of the morning sky, or canceling out really beautiful lighting that comes right before a storm, etc., etc..

Less green? Is this better?



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

 

[LightSpeed]

I expect more.
Aside from that, If you want it edited the right way you need to send Gipson the file so he can put 3 or 4 tornados coming ashore.
With a couple of Blue whales flying around that the tornados picked up and hurled.

 

[blackrose89]

I expect more.
Aside from that, If you want it edited the right way you need to send Gipson the file so he can put 3 or 4 tornados coming ashore.
With a couple of Blue whales flying around that the tornados picked up and hurled.

I know I'm a lazy@ss editor!!!

 

[Ediacol]

I live on the east cost. About 20 minutes west of the beach. It's nice, but nothing can beat a west coast sunset!

How about the east coast sun rise ?

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I'd like to see that too! I'm from the West Coast!

 

[Dominantly]

My edit It still has a sense of darkness, but much better exposed and less contrasty IMO. I like it



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

This thread has been superb!!!! GREAT re-works and sharing of ideas and opinions. As far as this edit in post #31 goes: it all looks too "green"....sand, water, and the boy's skin has green undertones. Some of the earlier edits show the sky a different color, and the sand and water differently and I prefer the colors of the earlier edits, although the first one offered was a bit too dark for my taste. As to the comment about east coast "blue and purple"...I think that is more a matter of how your camera reacts to twilight-time light...white balance adjustments can make a HUGE, huge difference in how a camera records images. What I see blackrose in your originals is a bit of an "As-Shot WB" look that overly-emphasizes early evening light, and MAKES IT LOOK TOO blue, or too green, or too-monochromatic. Blue-toned images do convey an "evening" feel to many viewers.

Here is something I think is fun to do: set a pre-set white balance off of a white-painted chair, or a white plastic lawn chair that is QUITE WHITE in appearance, and do it in open shade, about three hours prior to sunset, in the location you will be photographing, and then use THAT pre-set WB as the one you make images with...

There's nothing worse than an AUTO-WB camera trying to cancel-out the lovely pinkish hues of the morning sky, or canceling out really beautiful lighting that comes right before a storm, etc., etc..

Less green? Is this better?



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

Much better. Best version yet.

 

[blackrose89]

This thread has been superb!!!! GREAT re-works and sharing of ideas and opinions. As far as this edit in post #31 goes: it all looks too "green"....sand, water, and the boy's skin has green undertones. Some of the earlier edits show the sky a different color, and the sand and water differently and I prefer the colors of the earlier edits, although the first one offered was a bit too dark for my taste. As to the comment about east coast "blue and purple"...I think that is more a matter of how your camera reacts to twilight-time light...white balance adjustments can make a HUGE, huge difference in how a camera records images. What I see blackrose in your originals is a bit of an "As-Shot WB" look that overly-emphasizes early evening light, and MAKES IT LOOK TOO blue, or too green, or too-monochromatic. Blue-toned images do convey an "evening" feel to many viewers.

Here is something I think is fun to do: set a pre-set white balance off of a white-painted chair, or a white plastic lawn chair that is QUITE WHITE in appearance, and do it in open shade, about three hours prior to sunset, in the location you will be photographing, and then use THAT pre-set WB as the one you make images with...

There's nothing worse than an AUTO-WB camera trying to cancel-out the lovely pinkish hues of the morning sky, or canceling out really beautiful lighting that comes right before a storm, etc., etc..

Less green? Is this better?



surfer by blackrose1981, on Flickr

Much better. Best version yet.

Thank you!

It better be! These edits are really wearing down on my storage for my free Flickr account

 

[blackrose89]

It's taking up storage so I'm going to remove some of the priors.

 

[blackrose89]

Hey I am not very good at cloning out objects. Can I email someone an original file and could you clone out something for me?

 

[SCraig]

Hey I am not very good at cloning out objects. Can I email someone an original file and could you clone out something for me?

I'm not very good at cloning but I'll give it a try.

 

[The_Traveler]

Like everyone else, I think the first one is terrific.
IMO, however, I think the aspect ratio works against the feeling.
There are these long sweeping horizontals, the unseen gaze going out - all in sort of a blocky square.

The very foreground is ecch, the top of the sky is essentially ecch.
Why not remove them and crop to a 6 x 4 so that the aspect ratio adds to that feeling and also tighten up the composition.

 

[blackrose89]

Thank you everyone for all your help with my edits!

 

[LightSpeed]

Thank you everyone for all your help with my edits!

Who's the hot chick in your new avatar?
I know that aint you. Hook a brother up.

Anyway, be back later, gotta hit the weights and the tanning bed.