Satyre's photos thread

amazing, man! :megaman:

so how about those desktop resolution sizes for the first set?

Your images are great but could be a lot better with some stronger photoshop work

while i like the motives and the grey-development on these photos, i can't help but think that the horizon is much too high, and there's far too few sky in these.

while it partially works on the "vertoramas", the sea scene could sure use alot more sky. the reflections give the very same picture information but due to the shift of the horizontal line into the upper third of the picture it really feels constricted, which is conflicting with the motive and the lighting in the shot.

Quote from Satyre

Thank you.What do you refer to? Improve colors, contrasts, tones...? If you have any tips for me, I'll be pleased to know them, I'm far from professionalism into that.

For starters, stop using the HDR technique NOW

But editing images is not all about contrast. Play with the colors, try adding in more highlights, try adding more saturation to certain colors, etc etc. But if there is one thing that helps the most its burning and dodging.

Well I guess you can say I meant what you are thinking in terms of that link you posted but that guy's images are way overdone. It needs to be more subtle and less apparent that they were edited in photoshop. If the first thing you think when you see an image is "wow that was surely edited in photoshop" then its not a particularly good image. (unless of course its a humorous photoshop )

Let me give you an example from a photo I took:

Original photograph

(the one that came out of my camera after a few RAW adjustments like fill light for some of the shadows and some slight exposure adjustment for brighter and more vivid tones)

[Blocked Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3340513112_c225b95b60_o.jpg]

And then the photo with my photoshop adjustments

[Blocked Image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3330552282_ac1398b71c_o.jpg]

Whether you like my edits or not, its still a lot more interesting of a picture to look at. Oh and for future reference, dont post original "pre-edited" images, ever

Can you post your adjustment settings for everyone to see, JP? Cheers

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i like the original more honestly, more color, more energy! Fits with the busy scene

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Can you post your adjustment settings for everyone to see, JP? Cheers

I posted the original, and that was quite a bit to share. This would be going to far

I can tell you though that editing individual colors in a curves layer helps a lot. Also, using different layer styles also helps a lot.

Quote from Pericolos0

i like the original more honestly, more color, more energy! Fits with the busy scene

Then you are the guys that think having un-edited images as final products is okay, I guess not everyone can be a photographer

Honestly, the original has gross non-complimentary colors, I really cant see how you think this

Sometimes the imperfect is perfect to the human eye, and the other way around

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Then you are the guys that think having un-edited images as final products is okay, I guess not everyone can be a photographer

Such arrogance

Not trying to flame or anything, just feel that sort of stuff needs to be called out.

Just because you've posted some cool photos doesn't really give you the right to judge what makes people photographers. Art is in the eye of the beholder and any attempt of convincing people otherwise is an act of snobbery.

Anyway, I looked at all the photos in this thread and I really like them, though I do agree with previous posters about putting more sky into the vertical ones.

Quote from JeanPaul

Then you are the guys that think having un-edited images as final products is okay, I guess not everyone can be a photographer

Yeah, and an attitude like yours is not going to get you very far, either. I like you JP, but christ, you do come out with some absurd shit sometimes.

well he's right in so far that the photographer must have a pretty clear image in mind of what he want to achieve, when he's going to shot the image as close as possible and later on develops the image to come even closer to what he's got in mind. That's always been the trick about photography, manual or digital - the medium changed, the processing didn't and still makes a snapshot into an artwork.

No one said anything about un edited pics as final images. The original needs some tweaking yes, but his version made it looks somewhat lifeless in a busy environment.

Yeah I can agree, it was a badly worded response that sounded incredibly arrogant.

BUT, my point (a badly worded one) still remains. NEVER, EVER leave an image unedited and call it final. NEVER. A stronger image will always come from some post work however little editing you put into it. If two people take the same exact image and one is edited well and the other is not, guess who will have a better, more promotable image....

Sorry if I sounded like an asshole, I didnt mean to.