I will c&c your work for you

Yemme · Jun 22, 2009

Dwayne Oakes said:
good

-interesting comp (lines and shapes)
-good light

nit

-black film border is a bit of a distraction
-photo is flat (lacks contrast)
-photo lacks color vibrance
-photo has alot of dirt specs
-photo is noisy

tweak

-cropped the black border out
-set black and white points (room still left on the histogram)
-added a tad of global contrast boost
-added a tad of selective color saturation to just the trees with color

-lightened (dodge) the lower window frame were the light is reflecting
-lightened (dodge) to main vertical window frames

-healed out the dirt specs
-put the photo through NR software

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

Thank you Mr. Oakes... Great job. I hope I can really count on you for 19 more.

I'm gonna but your version on my blog.:hug::

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 22, 2009

Montana said:
Always looking for help, especially with a new camera body. Taken at sunrise, so the colors are really orange/red.

good

-great rainbow
-very good comp (1/3 rule, sky vs land and rainbow placed off center)
-nice colors

nit

-shallow DOF (f/3.5 used) ?
-photo is underexposed (still room left on the histogram)
-FG to dark
-photo has a slight tilt to the right when placed on a (grid) natural maybe
-photo is a tad noisy

tweak

-straightened the photo
-set (levels) whitepoint slider to improve exposure

-darkened (burn) the left and right side of the sky so rainbow pops more
-lightened (dodge) the grass in the FG to improve overall exposure
-added (selective) color saturation to the colors in the water reflection

-set a chroma point on the bright yellow/orange field in the BG to
desaturate it a tad

-added a tad of global USM (sharpening)

-put the photo through NR software

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 22, 2009

Yemme said:
Dwayne Oakes said:

good

-interesting comp (lines and shapes)
-good light

nit

-black film border is a bit of a distraction
-photo is flat (lacks contrast)
-photo lacks color vibrance
-photo has alot of dirt specs
-photo is noisy

tweak

-cropped the black border out
-set black and white points (room still left on the histogram)
-added a tad of global contrast boost
-added a tad of selective color saturation to just the trees with color

-lightened (dodge) the lower window frame were the light is reflecting
-lightened (dodge) to main vertical window frames

-healed out the dirt specs
-put the photo through NR software

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

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Thank you Mr. Oakes... Great job. I hope I can really count on you for 19 more.

I'm gonna but your version on my blog.:hug::

Thank you very much for the comments Yemme, I appreciate it !!

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

Montana · Jun 22, 2009

Thanks! This is a great idea and very useful. I have always struggled w/ landscapes. Thanks for the detailed explaination! I have tried your suggestions on a similar photo and it improved it a lot. Thanks!

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 22, 2009

A-Spot said:
Before PP:

After PP (enhanced blacks, reds and cyans, cropping, slightly added contrast, gaussian blur based on channel gradient in upper third):

Shot with a Fujifilm F100.

Cheers,

A-Spot

good

-nice boat
-great contrast
-overall exposure is very good
-very good tones and reflections in the water

nit

-comp (boat is on center)
-shoreline has a slight tilt to the left when placed on a (grid)
-back of boat is clipped (highlights)
-photo is a tad noisy (in the water and on the side of the boat)

tweak

-cropped photo so boat is at 1/3 rule
-straightened the shoreline

-darkened (burn) the back of the boat
-lightened (dodge) the boats in the water reflection along the shoreline

-set chroma point (LCH tool in Nikon NX2) on the blue tarps and
red boat to increase there color saturation

-added a tad of USM (sharpening)
-put the photo through NR software

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

JamieR · Jun 22, 2009

Haha, your like the post processing king!

JamieR · Jun 22, 2009

Would love to see what you can do with this photo....

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 22, 2009

JamieR said:
Would love to see what you can do with this photo....

good

-very cool house
-very good comp (house placed off center)
-great contrast and detail
-good DOF
-low noise
-exposure is right on

nit

-colors seem oversaturated (personal preference)

tweak

-desaturated the colors (global)

-added selective color saturation to just the moss on the roof, the flowers
on the left and the side of the house

-healed out the antenna mast on the chimney and the little orange cover on house
-added a tad of USM (sharpening) to get over the AA filter

PS A tip, by doing selective color saturation you can still make a colorful
photo without over saturating the greens.

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

SuperMom30 · Jun 23, 2009

Thank you so much for doing this!:hug:: I'm really wanting to get serious about photography but only started shooting last September and I am my own worst critic.:er: I would really like some C&C so I can become a good photographer. Here are 2 shots of my nephew.

1.

2.

Thank you again for doing this :hugs:

farmerj · Jun 23, 2009

I'm interested. PP is my biggest frustration right now.

Jon_Are · Jun 23, 2009

I must say, I was a bit skeptical reading that initial post, Dwayne.

But the improvements you've made - along with your explanations - are quite impressive.

Good work.

Jon

Jon_Are · Jun 23, 2009

Here's mine. Thanks!

Jon

EDIT: What makes the electrical lines jagged? Over-sharpening?

lvcrtrs · Jun 23, 2009

This is so cool. I love the explanations and visuals. We can pull out the small stuff that we're ready to try, like dodge or burn. And for the more advanced, they can pull the other things like setting chroma points. The pic by pic help allows people to print off and use as a how to spring board. My bravery has the extent of clone and sharpen.

Supermom30 - Number 2 is just too great with those eyes

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 23, 2009

SuperMom30 said:
Thank you so much for doing this!:hug:: I'm really wanting to get serious about photography but only started shooting last September and I am my own worst critic.:er: I would really like some C&C so I can become a good photographer. Here are 2 shots of my nephew.

1.

2.

Thank you again for doing this :hugs:

No problem I am glad I could help but
one photo per photographer this thread, sorry. I will cc your first
photo for you.

good

-comp (great portrait)
-great light (side lighting)
-exposure is right on
-good contrast and detail
-the shallow DOF works great here

-nit

-(personal preference) I think choosing black and white here will give
this photo a professional and artistic flare that will add to this great
portrait

-eyes are a tad soft
-white part of eyebrow could be healed out

tweak

-switched photo to black and white
-use midtone (levels) slider to darken photo a tad

-used selective (USM) sharpening to sharpen just the eyes
-added selective contrast to just the reflection in the wood
-healed out the white spot in the eyebrow

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

Dwayne Oakes · Jun 23, 2009

farmerj said:
I'm interested. PP is my biggest frustration right now.

good

-great colors (perfect)
-exposure is right on
-interesting square comp (works good here)
-good contrast and detail
-good DOF
-the one sign pole in the FG works here and anchors the photo

nit

-to many stray branches (distraction)

tweak

-healed out the the brances in the top left
-healed out the one sign pole in the FG (left a little to look like a stick)
-healed out the two grass stalks in the FG

Hope this helps and thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes