Dartmouth

[Purple]

Hi there,

I wanted to get some feedback on this picture of Dartmouth.

I like it, but not sure whether it works or not with regards composition and tonal range??. I would be very grateful for any comments and advice on what people think please.

Canon 450 D
ISO 200
Shutter speed 1/125
Aperture f11
Sigma Lens 18-200mm

PS: This is my first post so excuse me if I am missing details that I should put in

[Krusty79]

Nice shot. As far as the tonal range goes, it looks like the white of the white boats is on the verge of being blown out. Otherwise, it looks good. As far as the composition goes, I would think that the boats and village is your subject, but since you included so much sky, I find my eye going to the sky as well.

I'd actually would like to see what a color version would look like if you took it near dusk.

[flytyer57]

I'd like to see this in color if possible.

[milosh]

Originally Posted by Krusty79

Nice shot. As far as the tonal range goes, it looks like the white of the white boats is on the verge of being blown out. Otherwise, it looks good. As far as the composition goes, I would think that the boats and village is your subject, but since you included so much sky, I find my eye going to the sky as well.

I'd actually would like to see what a color version would look like if you took it near dusk.

Totally agree!

[Purple]

Hi,

Thanks for your replies, Here is the colour version. I think maybe I should have taken it later in the day, I think it was taken about 3pm ish in June ( maybe slightly earlier ).

I was not sure where to crop the sky, because of the cloud, unless I could try to clone out?

You are right about the boats being over exposed, On checking my levels, small bits of the boats are just over exposed. Can that be resolved post production?

Thanks

[flytyer57]

The clouds look nice in this pic. If there were no clouds, the sky would look empty. I usually try to put my horizons up on the top of the picture if there are no clouds, and lower if the sky is full of drmatic clouds. Totally grey skies can suck too.

If you are using Photoshop or Elements, you should be able to open this pic in Camera Raw and adjust the Recovery slider until the whites are no longer blown out. I don't know what you use for pp, but most have something to help with blown out areas.

[Purple]

Hi thanks,

I don't have this image in camera raw. I do have photoshop elements.

I will see what I can do in photoshop elements, if anything, to reduce the blown out boats.

Thanks you for all your advice.

Much Appreciated

[flytyer57]

You can still open a jpeg in camera raw and edit it.

Click File up on top and then Open As. When the window pops up, it usually says Photoshop PSD so change it to camera Raw and open your picture.

Hope this helps.

[Purple]

Oh wow, thanks I totally did not know this.

I did that for colour version and they now don't register as blown out. I shall put it in black and white and see how it looks.

Will it affect the quality of overall image, saving it from raw to jpeg then reopening as raw. I assume it looses some of it data. I wont want to blow image up that big.

Thanks again so much for your help.

[Doug Sundseth]

Any time you edit and resave a .jpg file, you'll lose a bit of information. It's not very likely that this will be noticeable quickly, though major changes to exposure and white balance on the .jpg are more likely to create visible artifacts than some other edits.

Normally, you'll want to do your image-wide edits (color and exposure issues) while still in RAW, then go to .tif or .psd for pixel edits and only save to .jpg right before you send to the printer.

Storage is cheap. Save the RAW files in case you change your mind after your first edit.