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Took some time on my recent vacation to Antigua to experiment with some landscape photos. Below is probably one of the best of the bunch. I've attached the original and my attempt at PP of the original. Would love to hear what others with more experience would do differently. Thanks!

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May 07, 2014 at 06:58 AM

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You'll likely get more responses if you share the photo itself in this thread. Few will click through to view it on Flickr and then return here to leave comments.

Good luck.

May 07, 2014 at 08:05 AM

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I like it overall, but

For me the most distracting would probably be the greens in the clouds, i would tune down the sat there, composition wise the roof on top right and the wooden thing are distracting, easy fixable though, the stone in the front is more of distraction than help, it kinda blocks the beautiful view, i also would love to see little more detail in that distant mountain, which is the focal point after all...

I hope it helps.

Cheers!
Andrey

May 07, 2014 at 08:25 AM

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lionking wrote:
I like it overall, but

For me the most distracting would probably be the greens in the clouds, i would tune down the sat there, composition wise the roof on top right and the wooden thing are distracting, easy fixable though, the stone in the front is more of distraction than help, it kinda blocks the beautiful view, i also would love to see little more detail in that distant mountain, which is the focal point after all...

I hope it helps.

Cheers!
Andrey

Yes, helpful and appreciated! I've been struggling with how to bring up the detail in the distant mountain. Tried a few things yesterday in LR but couldn't seem to get it to look right. I'll give some of these suggestions a shot today and see what I come up with.

May 07, 2014 at 08:31 AM

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The second image looks pretty close for colour, but I'm not on my calibrated monitor to be certain enough. In my opinion, the mountains arent nearly big enough to warrant giving them more detail though. Doing so wont make them a prominent focal point. This shot does not really have a focal point honestly. Maybe the rocks, but only because they take up the most real estate in the frame, and not because I have interest in looking at them closely.

The biggest problem for me is the composition, and dark polarizer band in the sky. With a beach this nice, I would have forgot the huge coastline and shot a clean beach scene. Nohing more soothing then a daytime shot with layers of white sand, aquamarine water, blue sky, and puffy white clouds. You could even include some foreground rocks if you wanted. Sometime simpler comps are more effective at capturing a location.

Hope that gives you some ideas.

May 07, 2014 at 09:09 AM

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Yes,
What Justin says.

The key to a quality landscape photograph is not the post processing, but in the initial capture of how, what, when, where and why (as you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear afterwards). So, this can be cleaned up a little, but it won't become magic art. People on the Photo Critique Board could probably give you a simple 1,2,3 series of steps to give your shots more life. Or even "Open as" a raw file in Photoshop and try auto.

Having said that, there's nothing wrong with just taking snapshots when on vacation with a family. But in the end, that's what they are, but better still maybe memories.

May 07, 2014 at 09:21 AM

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Fair enough. I probably should not have expected magic working with a style and lens I am just getting used to. All while trying to avoid my gear getting soaked in sea spray. I'll work on slowing down and concentrating more on one element at a time to better my technique.

May 07, 2014 at 09:28 AM


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