Satyre's photos thread

[e-freak]

I love the first two ones Great shots!

[Freak]

yes, the first 2 ones are great

[Satyre]

Thank you to you both.

A small pano

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Colors version

[dux]

Do you reduce these in scale in photoshop? Clicking the enlarged version of the 1st shot it looks quite blurry. Really nice though

[⌐■_■]

Thank you to you both.

A small pano

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Colors version

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[Satyre]

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Do you reduce these in scale in photoshop?

Yes

Clicking the enlarged version of the 1st shot it looks quite blurry.

I think that's because of the upload compression...

[Satyre]

Another one

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I think it's a little bit short of contrasts...

[⌐■_■]

amazing, man! :megaman:

[Sentura]

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

[Satyre]

Ok, I'm working on it tomorrow...

By the way, another shot. I'm a little bit running out of inspiration in my poor country... I wish I had the sea next to my home

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[JeanPaul]

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

[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.

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Retouch: contrasts enhancement

My first vertorama (2 shots)

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Retouch: contrasts enhancement

A vertical panorama (2 shots)

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Retouch: contrasts enhancement

[e-freak]

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.

[JeanPaul]

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.

[Satyre]

Hey

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.

Don't sure the horizon is too high, I used the rule of thirds, with 2/3 of ground and 1/3 of sky and by placing trees near of the second third. I kept a lot of ground because I find it very dynamic and it leads ours eyes toward the trees, I think.

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.

Indeed, I haven't seen that... thanks : )

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.

A little bit like these photos? I've some difficulties to do that. I've not been into retouch for long and I use photoshop only... I guess others softwares are needed such as adobe lightroom to do that, don't you?

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Edit:

I've just read your thread, I partially agree with you about HDR... this is overdone and often ugly with oversaturated colors because everyone do that without experience just because of HDRi is The mode, and lots of tutorials are done by shitty people. My HDR images aren't good too, I admit... I'm learning to improve my skill, I hope.

On the other hand, with a good skill into HDR, certain photos are absolutely breathtaking. Check out the link above.

That said, it's just a matter of taste.