Winterthur panorama

JohnTrav · Aug 23, 2013

Took this panorama while at Winterthur Museum a couple months ago. Let me know what your thoughts. Any C&C is welcome and appreciated.

It is ok to edit this photo. I am still earning the software as far as processing.

AlexanderB · Aug 23, 2013

Looks good to me.

JohnTrav · Aug 23, 2013

AlexanderB said:
Looks good to me.

Thanks

JohnTrav · Aug 24, 2013

JamesMiller84 said:
Fantastic shot!!! Really nice!

Thanks

Eclectix · Aug 24, 2013

I agree that it is a nice shot. The thumbnail looks very different from the enlarged version, and I'm not sure which is correct. The thumbnail is much less saturated and bright. At any rate, since you said it was okay, I did a quick edit just for fun. This edit is from the enlarged version, which I felt was a bit too lime-green in the grass and a tad overexposed in the sky. I deepened the grass and sky and brought up the shadows on the right a little bit to bring out some of the texture details. I also reduced the saturation ever-so-slightly, although you can hardly tell since the other adjustments I made seem to have made it look nearly as saturated as it was before. This was just a very quick edit, so there are a few things that could be better- especially the sky- as I didn't want to spend too much time on it since it was just for fun and demonstration purposes.

FanBoy · Aug 24, 2013

I can understand the emphasis on color and over-saturation on the full-scale photo because the composition suffers. If possible, a view lower and closer to the road would be more pleasing with the building off-center of the frame.

Dagwood56 · Aug 24, 2013

My problem with this is the color saturation - it just does not appear realistic. On my monitor the grass is kelly green and the sky has a purple tint with a pink haze over the trees. I agree with FanBoy about the placement of the building, the composition would be more pleasing to the eye with the building off center.

JohnTrav · Aug 24, 2013

Eclectix said:
I agree that it is a nice shot. The thumbnail looks very different from the enlarged version, and I'm not sure which is correct. The thumbnail is much less saturated and bright. At any rate, since you said it was okay, I did a quick edit just for fun. This edit is from the enlarged version, which I felt was a bit too lime-green in the grass and a tad overexposed in the sky. I deepened the grass and sky and brought up the shadows on the right a little bit to bring out some of the texture details. I also reduced the saturation ever-so-slightly, although you can hardly tell since the other adjustments I made seem to have made it look nearly as saturated as it was before. This was just a very quick edit, so there are a few things that could be better- especially the sky- as I didn't want to spend too much time on it since it was just for fun and demonstration purposes.

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Thanks for the input. I like what you did making the sky a little darker.

I don't know what happened. I uploaded the picture from my computer and it was like that. It's also different when I view it on my phone. Weird.

I did oversaturate it a little more than I normally word and tried to bring out some contrast.

I also don't think the screen on my computer is that great for editing. I plan to upgrade to a desktop once I get some more money and invest in some quality monitors.

JohnTrav · Aug 24, 2013

Dagwood56 said:
My problem with this is the color saturation - it just does not appear realistic. On my monitor the grass is kelly green and the sky has a purple tint with a pink haze over the trees. I agree with FanBoy about the placement of the building, the composition would be more pleasing to the eye with the building off center.

I do see the unrealistic feel. When I toned down the saturation it felt boring to me though. I did not notice the purple tiny in the sky or the pink haze over the trees though.

As far as composition wise I will keep that in mind if I get to go back to this place and shoot. I want to get back since the day I was there I rushed because I got sick. They have a lot of nice landscape there.