Churches in Hanalei and Kapaa Town C&C welcome

[Majeed Badizadegan]

#1

#2

 

[Trever1t]

The windows in #1 are fantastic but #2 just looks a bit gloomy, under-exposed and void of vibrancy.

 

[mistermonday]

#1 looks good but could use a bit of straitening to the horizontal. #2 has blown highlights in the sky and the rest is a bit dark, lacking detail in the shadows. Saturation is also low, kind of muddy looking. Were these single shots or bracketed sets?
Regards, Murray

 

[EchoingWhisper]

#1 - Too cool (blue), leaves on top right corner should be cloned/cropped away.
#2 - Muddy, underexposed, lacks sharpness, lacks contrast, lacks vibrancy.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

#1 looks good but could use a bit of straitening to the horizontal. #2 has blown highlights in the sky and the rest is a bit dark, lacking detail in the shadows. Saturation is also low, kind of muddy looking. Were these single shots or bracketed sets?
Regards, Murray

These were 3 exposures each.

#1 - Too cool (blue), leaves on top right corner should be cloned/cropped away.
#2 - Muddy, underexposed, lacks sharpness, lacks contrast, lacks vibrancy.

I agree, the results of #2 were not satisfactory to me either for those very reasons.

 

[SlickSalmon]

Number 1 is typical of images that come straight out of Photomatix without proper post-processing. The contrast is low, because all of the values have gotten shoved to the middle of the luminance spectrum. The histogram has a typical center hump. You have to work with Levels and Curves in Photoshop spread out the values and restore vibrancy. Just cranking the saturation is counter-productive.

Number 2 needed an additional over-exposure. All of the shadow detail in the doorway has been lost.

 

[campeterz]

Wow this is really ironic! I am planning to shoot the church in Hanalei tomorrow!

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Have fun! jealous

 

[JTHphoto]

I really like number one, I would consider cropping off some of the asphalt at the bottom, losing especially the dirt part.

I agree with most of the comments about number two being dirty and dingy. Needs some vibrancy/brightness like the first one.