Mineores
Senior Member
Hello there, after an age spending time learning how to use my D3200 to it's full extent I finally have a photo that I (personally) am quite proud of, mostly in the editing though, since Lightroom is quite a daunting program to use as a noob!
Basically, it is a landscape shot looking down onto "Whitnash Recreation Ground", with Leamington Spa Golf Club visible to the left, and In the far distance there is "Chesterton Windmill" but I think my editing may have abolished it somehow! It was tiny and barely visible anyway. This is in quite a rural part of South Warwickshire (country slap bang in the middle of England, far away from the sea) and is 10 miles northwest of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon. I say this because it is much more well known than my home-town, Leamington Spa!
I shot it using the kit lens (I also have the Nikkor 55 - 300mm F4.5-5.6 VR) but I haven't had a lot of time using that since I got it for Christmas.
18mm F-Length
1/400sec
ISO 400
3.6 Aperture
I mainly edited this photo using the enhancement brush in Lightroom 5, mostly increasing the exposure in the sky, leaving some vibrant colours that I'm quite happy with! I showed some mates and they did comment on the "uriney" colour near the horizon, I did not really notice this 1st, but I see where they are coming from! The grass in the front I decreased exposure, increased clarity and sharpness. Overall I decreased shadow areas. With the yellow heath like grass I increased temperature, zeroed contrast, decreased highlights, increased shadows, clarity and saturation. Sharpness was also set to 100. I kind of like the unnaturalness of the yellow and green grass, believing it changes the subject of the image slightly?
Any tips for me, I'm not fond of the whole white speckly bits near the trees, I believe this is due to the enhancement brush being set onto "Auto Mask" which is what I did to stop it from increasing the exposure of the trees making them really dark and unnatural.
Thanks for the help, I will attach the original photo as well.
Basically, it is a landscape shot looking down onto "Whitnash Recreation Ground", with Leamington Spa Golf Club visible to the left, and In the far distance there is "Chesterton Windmill" but I think my editing may have abolished it somehow! It was tiny and barely visible anyway. This is in quite a rural part of South Warwickshire (country slap bang in the middle of England, far away from the sea) and is 10 miles northwest of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon. I say this because it is much more well known than my home-town, Leamington Spa!
I shot it using the kit lens (I also have the Nikkor 55 - 300mm F4.5-5.6 VR) but I haven't had a lot of time using that since I got it for Christmas.
18mm F-Length
1/400sec
ISO 400
3.6 Aperture
I mainly edited this photo using the enhancement brush in Lightroom 5, mostly increasing the exposure in the sky, leaving some vibrant colours that I'm quite happy with! I showed some mates and they did comment on the "uriney" colour near the horizon, I did not really notice this 1st, but I see where they are coming from! The grass in the front I decreased exposure, increased clarity and sharpness. Overall I decreased shadow areas. With the yellow heath like grass I increased temperature, zeroed contrast, decreased highlights, increased shadows, clarity and saturation. Sharpness was also set to 100. I kind of like the unnaturalness of the yellow and green grass, believing it changes the subject of the image slightly?
Any tips for me, I'm not fond of the whole white speckly bits near the trees, I believe this is due to the enhancement brush being set onto "Auto Mask" which is what I did to stop it from increasing the exposure of the trees making them really dark and unnatural.
Thanks for the help, I will attach the original photo as well.