My 2 cents.

There's nothing interesting in this photo.
No clear subject
Way too much negative space
Over processed.

For me it is almost all due to no composition of the photo.

DaVinci Resolve

This guy has A BUNCH or tutorials of all kinds, including just lightroom. Here's his tutorials Playlist. Also just a great channel to follow anyway.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZSw2B7F_WdYHeoyrwItZvvTy3P6kOsy

1/8 of a second is, to me, more like.... Lagged exposure. Throw a 3 stop ND on and give it a longer shutter. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Personally.... That photo has no horizon. No depth. Looks like it was a snapshot with a cell phone while walking a trail.

Maybe if shot from a lower angle it would make a difference.

Photoshop has and is still the industry standard for professional editing since the mid 90s.

Your update is fine if the version is current. Not sure I understand why you care what picture appears when you boot it up.

Is photoshop hard to learn? Yes. Why? Because it isn't a beginners software. (see above where I mention industry standard for professional editing since the 90s)

Lightroom is your friend. It's just the easy parts of photoshop all with sliders to move to edit. Great AI for masking. Organizes all of your stuff easily.

Photoshop is for photo manipulation. Not basic editing.

That said... Plenty of free or super cheap editing tools. Some do some stuff good. Some do other things well.

I'm a Part 107 drone operator and I use my drone mostly for real estate photography. But I do use it a lot for landscapes and other perspectives, so here are a few recent shotsaround north Idaho and Montana... as well as a stock video reel of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Any more drone pilots in here??


https://youtu.be/p-FY873LHJQ

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Hey guys! I found this dead horse! Let's kick its ass!

If this is stumping you, I'd suggest using Microsoft paint.

I started on photoshop back in version 4.0.

If I was to skip a decade and open up a current version, yes there are some new areas and features, but the software layout hasn't hardly changed in 20 years.

I wanted to keep using windows XP.

You're using 14 year old software.

What's the problem? Upgrade or find a cracked version. I've got the entire Adobe CS6 Suite on a disc.... I still pay for up to date software.

Keeps people informed of who's image it is in this day of digital piracy. Don't really care who likes it. It's intellectual property that belongs to me. I prefer to keep it that way.

Also.... By seeing the logo, people might want to search out who I am and how they can purchase one for their own home. Prints don't have a logo. They are numbered and signed.

I shoot for fun but I'm also an artist and have been for my entire life. Music.... All copywritten. Video productions? Same thing.... My photography that I take for myself and to potentially have hanging in someone's home.... Absolutely.

Have you ever had one of your images stolen and used without your consent? Or even simply shared by someone trying to pass it off as their own?

First I find the spot of course. I like a lot of foreground.
Both were slightly different times.
Both are using ND filters.

The first I use A Hoya ND8 / 3 stop filter. Too dark still for anything more. Camera settings were F8 / 15 seconds / ISO 250. I shoot many different shots with different filters as the sun comes up for different looks.

Second shot was after the sun had risen.
Using a B&W (brand) 10 stop ND.
F9 / 20 seconds / ISO 160

I shoot varying lengths of exposure as it gets brighter.

I'm using a Canon 90D with Sigma 18-35 1.8 ART series lens.

I'm spending the month in Akumal, MX.

Been fruitful...

These are not the full size images. Just sharing. 😁

I live in controlled airspace and recently shot even closer to the center of that with an airport nearby. I haven't tried airmaps but was able to get clearance to 100' almost instantly with Kittyhawk.

Just don't go beyond their approved area or they'll shut you down asap and you won't have a choice where it lands.

I personally didn't read where he "recommended" anything. In his first point he makes note of his inability to see everything within the parameters of the FAA part 107. He didn't tell the guy to go and do it. People are allowed to make their own decisions as adults and face whatever consequences are there.

His final point was to have fun. Not to go and be reckless.... If you're on 1200 acres in Montana and can safely fly over a mile away without risking anything but your investment in a flying camera, I say go for it. Fly with caution.