Fernandina Beach
Dec 29, 2018 10:59:00 #
A friend asked me to doctor this up a bit for a painterly affect. I liked the shot overall, but didn't want to overcook it, although the clouds could seem a little overcooked. This is what i came up with using some adjustments in both LR and Topaz Studio. I'm working of a laptop monitor in a hotel room, so i'm not really sure how saturated it looks in reality. Thoughts are welcome!
Dec 29, 2018 11:14:10 #
There seems to be a moiré effect on the roof of the building. Can't tell if it's from the original or from editing.
What I think of as painterly is usually quite a soft look. I think your edit could do with less sharpening and/or more softening. It's basically a good scene to work with and will look good whatever direction you take it in.
What I think of as painterly is usually quite a soft look. I think your edit could do with less sharpening and/or more softening. It's basically a good scene to work with and will look good whatever direction you take it in.
Dec 29, 2018 11:18:29 #
Thanks R.G. - i'm not seeing that moire on the roof, but again, that's probably this monitor. I'll take a second shot at it here in a few. I appreciate the feedback.
ML
ML
Dec 29, 2018 11:22:35 #
Re your other comments, it doesn't look over-saturated to me and the sky doesn't look overcooked. The yellow/green vegetation in the bottom right hand corner looks a bit vivid, but it does that sometimes 
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.Dec 29, 2018 11:37:20 #
The clouds look great on my monitor.
If anything is even close, it might be the grass, but even that looks good.
Dec 29, 2018 15:48:06 #
R.G. wrote:
Re your other comments, it doesn't look over-saturated to me and the sky doesn't look overcooked. The yellow/green vegetation in the bottom right hand corner looks a bit vivid, but it does that sometimes .
.Ok, got a chance to dial back some of the contrast, detail and saturation a bit . . . still feel like i'm shooting in the dark here on this monitor, but here's what i hope is an improvement.
Thanks again for the thoughtful comments.
ML
Dec 29, 2018 15:48:44 #
Longshadow wrote:
The clouds look great on my monitor.
If anything is even close, it might be the grass, but even that looks good.
The clouds look great on my monitor.
If anything is even close, it might be the grass, but even that looks good.
Thank you so much! I just posted a dialed back version.
Dec 29, 2018 16:06:45 #
melueth wrote:
Ok, got a chance to dial back some of the contrast, detail and saturation a bit . . . still feel like i'm shooting in the dark here on this monitor, but here's what i hope is an improvement.
Thanks again for the thoughtful comments.
ML
Thanks again for the thoughtful comments.
ML
I've just found that the moiré disappears if you zoom in on it so it was a resolution artefact. Everything looks fine on my screen except for a small scale graininess which may be ISO noise or it may be a sharpening artefact. It all depends on what sort of look you want, but if you're still after something more painterly you could try adding a dash of denoise to soften it at the microdetail level - or if it is a sharpening artefact, back off with the sharpening or use Masking in the Sharpen section to exclude the very fine detail from the sharpening. None of that applies if you're happy with the slightly grainy, gritty look. But remember that the printing process often involves extra sharpening.
Dec 30, 2018 07:35:31 #
R.G. wrote:
I've just found that the moiré disappears if you z... (show quote)
I'm heading home today, so i'll give it a go once i get back on my home monitor. Thanks very much for your input!
ML
Dec 30, 2018 08:35:46 #
Nice work there. It’s important to view the download to see the real photo.
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