Critique

[speedlite430exii]

Hello,

Could you please tell me what I should improve on for this photo?

I am trying to keep the dark, distant sunset effect.

Sunset with the Grand Hermine | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Thank you,
Cody

 

[KmH]

This is a discussion forum section Cody, not a critique section.

Posting in one of the Gallery sections will get you more feedback as will posting the photo rather than just a link.

 

[speedlite430exii]

This is a discussion forum section Cody, not a critique section.

Posting in one of the Gallery sections will get you more feedback as will posting the photo rather than just a link.

Yes, will change location. Am new to forum so did not know. Cody.

 

[Bram]

Another thing you did that I used to do. Not many people like clicking links, post photos directly you get alot mroe feedback.

 

[andrew99]

Time of day is the main thing I'd change .. the sky is boring, shooting close to sunset or sunrise would help a lot, or wait for a more interesting day, weather wise.

But for this actual image, a curves adjustment in an S shape would add contrast and saturation, which might help.

 

[kkamin]

I'll critique it here. I don't mind.

I think it's a decent image with a nice interplay of dynamic lines created by the masts and ropes streaming from them. I like the tension created by the boat leaning off the right side of the composition, it is a brave composition and it works somehow.

Here are the areas I personally and subjectively feel need improvement. I think the colors are too drab. I'm sure the actual scene gave a better impression color wise than this photo does. I feel like this image is practically straight out of the camera and to me is like wet clay--it needs to be shaped further, defined, and hardened into a your vision.

I was bored with free time, and for fun, I processed your image to my personal liking. I took it into Camera Raw and adjusted the black point, contrast, vibrance setting and added a graduated filter. In Photoshop RGB mode I further added vibrance to areas in specific amounts. I converted the image to the L*a*b* color mode and adjusted the luminance in select areas and saturated the color channels to specific areas with masks.

It's not perfect but I feel it makes the image come to life more and brings out the forms better.

edit: I added an amber cast to simulate the warmer color temperature of sunset.