Am I over processing my pictures?

[JMBriggs]

These are some of my favorite pictures I've taken. But even though I like them do you guys think I am over processing them?

 

[oldmacman]

If you are asking if they look cheesy, then no, they don't. I quite like the leaf shot btw.

 

[D-B-J]

The only one that is blatantly cheesy is the selective color in the last shot. Other than that, not too bad. I also like the leaf shot.

 

[JMBriggs]

So the one with the selective color was moat of my Fam/friends favorite... Can you tell me why its too. Cheesy? About the leaf shot, thanks, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time... Which happened to be right before sunset.

 

[Peano]

Can you tell me why its too. Cheesy?

As a retouching technique, selective color is overdone. Like playing "Lady of Spain" on the accordion, it's been done to death.

 

[SteffJay]

I like these quite a bit. You created some very nice effects, I wonder what the originals looked like? I love comparison.

As far as selective coloring goes, I am a fan of it if it's appropriate. I find the effect is better if say, there was only ONE flower in the photo, and the rest was just grass or shrubbery. Makes more of an impact. But that's just IMO.

Nice work

 

[shootermcgavin]

I like them too, I don't really get the selective color shot. It would make more sense to me if it wasn't next to a bunch of other flowers... I think I like the white flower the most.

 

[ann]

except for the bottle at the top i find them too soft, a bit off with focus or did you diffuse them?

 

[JMBriggs]

Here are the originals, except for the leaves which I actually didnt edit... That one just kinda came out that way. As for the fuzziness it might be the post... Besides the selective color one which could be camera shake.

 

[andrewleephoto]

They're fine I wouldn't worry about it... Sometimes, looking fake is a good thing actually

 

[ghache]

i think they look good, except the last one with the selective coloring. i hate that **** :lmao:

 

[KortneyMoore]

I think they look great. Selective color doesn't make it look "cheesy," it's just an opinion thing, there is no right or wrong. I love them.

 

[philsphoto]

These are really good. They are artistic artistic, interesting, well composed. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and these are nice to behold.

 

[JMBriggs]

Thanks everyone! I have been studying photography pretty much nonstop for the last year. So it's good to hear that I'm doing ok ( =

 

[Tee]

1 and 2 look fine. The remaining three look too over processed. You family likes the selective coloring because Facebook photographers say so.