Water Lily No. 4: CC please.

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

CC please.

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Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

neilds37 wrote:

CC please.

You have to realize this is just my opinion neilds37. Besides some highlight clipping, more pp work could improve this a bit. Get in there and move those sliders around to see what you get. May I ask what software you use? I think a crop in from the left and up from the bottom is also more pleasing.

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

Frank2013 wrote:

You have to realize this is just my opinion neilds37. Besides some highlight clipping, more pp work could improve this a bit. Get in there and move those sliders around to see what you get. May I ask what software you use? I think a crop in from the left and up from the bottom is also more pleasing.

Thank you Frank, I value your opinion. This is pretty much OOC, just a tad sharpening and removal of misc. dots on the water surface. I couldn't see what else there was to do. Could you give me a hint of what moving sliders could do to enhance this? I understand the highlight clipping part. I went with a square crop, but am open to any suggestions. I'll give yours a try.
Cheers, Neil

[edit] I use PSE13 and lightroom 6

Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

neilds37 wrote:

Thank you Frank, I value your opinion. This is pretty much OOC, just a tad sharpening and removal of misc. dots on the water surface. I couldn't see what else there was to do. Could you give me a hint of what moving sliders could do to enhance this? I understand the highlight clipping part. I went with a square crop, but am open to any suggestions. I'll give yours a try.
Cheers, Neil

[edit] I use PSE13 and lightroom 6

I'm not sure what look you are going for. These are about at the limit if not already over done. Plenty here much more talented than I that could give you better advice. Then take it into your other program and spruce it up.

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NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Neil, I do like the reflection of the lily in the water. But i find the spots above it to be a distraction. I too have Elements 13 and have much to learn about the software. So if you do additional work on this shot I would be interested to know what settings you used.

Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

I forgot to mention. It appears there may be dust spot on your sensor. Look at those dots above the Lily.

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

Ahhh! Those spots above the lily. On the water surface, not the sensor. Fixed lens, hard for any dust to get inside. When I took out more obvious ones I used the spot healing brush set on content aware, and it didn't match the surrounding - hence the gray circles; I had not looked at it at 100% - will next time. There were some stark white ones that looked like small particles of disintegrated styrofoam, on the water and a few in the lily.

The blown-out areas on white petals are - blown-out.

Anyway, these are PP issues. Time to leave this Section and head for PP after some more work. Thank you for your comments guys.
Cheers, Neil