CC on my raw edit

[412 Burgh]

San Nicolas Aruba by ZDiBeradin, on Flickr

First time I officially edited a raw straight from my camera, with Lightroom and then exported. Let me know how it looks.. I think the colors pop, but are they over saturated?

EDIT: I know it's not anything amazing, I was just trying to get a feel for how my editing worked, before I grew to like it or do it to all my pictures. I just wanted to make them look real, with a little tad bit more color. I believe I'm pretty accurate. or close.

 

[shari626]

Although the subject matter doesn't do anything for me, I do like the colors. They appear a little over saturated - but not too bad. I am not a professional, nor do I pretend to be one, so take what I say and do what you want with that.

 

[MissCream]

Nice sky!

 

[KenC]

Depends totally on the type of image. For a shot like this the colors are OK, but for others, for example a portrait, they would be way over the top. I don't think you should edit everything the same way.

 

[412 Burgh]

Depends totally on the type of image. For a shot like this the colors are OK, but for others, for example a portrait, they would be way over the top. I don't think you should edit everything the same way.

thanks everyone for their input! I was just wondering I have like 900 raws from my trip to Aruba, and I was getting the feel for Lightroom! I'll have to post some more later this week1

 

[Robin Usagani]

too saturated. Pick and choose what color you want saturated. Saturating the whole image is usually a bad idea.

 

[vtf]

A tad oversturated, did you sharpen it, looks alittle soft.

 

[412 Burgh]

I don't believe I used sharpen. I know I bumped up the blue saturation, messed with the darks/blacks. Probably why the trees look over saturated. My goal was to get a nice sky. I know I did use the 'clarity' tool.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Go to HSL sliders, select blue and aqua saturation and make those higher. There rest should stay close to 0.

 

[vtf]

I don't believe I used sharpen. I know I bumped up the blue saturation, messed with the darks/blacks. Probably why the trees look over saturated. My goal was to get a nice sky. I know I did use the 'clarity' tool.

Most RAW edits require sharpening, since editing is no longer camera initiated when shooting RAW.

 

[noodles]

the editing is ok, i like the sky, but the trees are over saturated to me.

You might wanna try a polarizer so your sky/clouds is not blown

 

[412 Burgh]

Okay, got ya! thanks for the tip. First time using lightroom seriously. is it just the little slider on the right hand side, or am I missing the bigger picture?

 

[vtf]

Okay, got ya! thanks for the tip. First time using lightroom seriously. is it just the little slider on the right hand side, or am I missing the bigger picture?

I believe you will find that most photographers will do sharpening through the various steps of processing the images. Just adjust it and see what you think.
This might help http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...um-photo-gallery/243854-photo-sharpening.html