Boat in Siracusa (Sicily)

[carles]

Hello,
this is my first post in this forum:



I took it with a Canon EOS 550D with the 18-55 IS Kit lens. It was in the afternoon and I liked the colors...
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
No flash

What can I do to improve this shot?

Thanks,

Carles

[KansaiGreenie]

Hi Carles,

This is a very nice image and I don't think that you really need to do anything to improve it. I like it just the way that it is.

However, some things that you might like to try... You might want to play around with the saturation, contrast and exposure. I think that you could make the colors stronger and more vivid. You could also try a long horizontal crop, sort of panorama style. That would emphasis the long horizon.

But again, this is a nice image and if you are happy with it, I'd leave it just as it is.

Well done.

KG

[wal]

Nice composition. Just that the colors arent as so.. A Bit washed out IMO.. Try doing some PP, saturation contrast..etc..

[carles]

Originally Posted by wal

Nice composition. Just that the colors arent as so.. A Bit washed out IMO.. Try doing some PP, saturation contrast..etc..

I agree... I'll try playing a little bit with the saturation...

Thanks,

Carles

[carles]

Originally Posted by KansaiGreenie

Hi Carles,

This is a very nice image and I don't think that you really need to do anything to improve it. I like it just the way that it is.

However, some things that you might like to try... You might want to play around with the saturation, contrast and exposure. I think that you could make the colors stronger and more vivid. You could also try a long horizontal crop, sort of panorama style. That would emphasis the long horizon.

But again, this is a nice image and if you are happy with it, I'd leave it just as it is.

Well done.

KG

Thanks for the comments. I think I'll try to make the colors jump out more.

[carles]

I'm not too skilled with editing. Maybe I got too strong colors? Do I need some fill light?

Thanks.

[Michael_2010]

Did you keep shooting as the sun dropped behind the horizon? The natural lighting and array of colors usually take place when the sun is just a little bit lower.

I prefer the original over the shopped version. Some subtle post-processing could improve the shot without turning it into something else altogether.