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Tom Grove

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I have a person that wants to buy this shot I took, but I wasn't satisfied with my post production... Which of these would you go with or what can I do to clean it up or make it better?


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Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Have you done lens profile correction, also it seems to be leaning to the left a bit. I think you could also do more to make the image POP if that is what you are wanting.
 
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Tom Grove

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Scott Murray said:
Have you done lens profile correction, also it seems to be leaning to the left a bit. I think you could also do more to make the image POP if that is what you are wanting.
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It's a single shot, and I ran it through Photomatix as a single... Then I used DxO to do lens correction (but maybe I need to do that again?) Then I made copies (5 total including the TIFF from DxO) and ran them through Photomatix again. I have them in soft 2 setting. The other settings didn't quite look as good IMO. Any suggestions for making it POP more?
 
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I prefer the second one although I'd like to see its sky a little more dramatic...and possibly slightly darker.
 
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Scott Murray

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Tom Grove said:
It's a single shot, and I ran it through Photomatix as a single... Then I used DxO to do lens correction (but maybe I need to do that again?) Then I made copies (5 total including the TIFF from DxO) and ran them through Photomatix again. I have them in soft 2 setting. The other settings didn't quite look as good IMO. Any suggestions for making it POP more?
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Does photomatix have a medium contrast setting? I am not aware of the functions available in that program.
 
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RocketCowboy

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hark said:
I prefer the second one although I'd like to see its sky a little more dramatic...and possibly slightly darker.
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My thinking is similar to @hark, I like the minute detail in the boats more in the second shot (first shot is too soft in the foreground for me), but would like to see more edge in the sky.


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RocketCowboy said:
My thinking is similar to @hark, I like the minute detail in the boats more in the second shot (first shot is too soft in the foreground for me), but would like to see more edge in the sky.


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Yes, the detail in the second boat photo makes the image pop more than the first. :)
 
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jay_dean

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No.1 for me. But it depends where i look, its a photo of two halves. I think the sky being darker conveys the image as being evening/early morning, the sky in the second one is almost a daytime colour. Photo 1's darker sky sets off the lights in the city skyline better. That said, if you could take the boats and foreground shoreline from the second pic and overlay that on the darker first photo, that'd nail it for me
 
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Tom Grove

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jaydean said:
No.1 for me. But it depends where i look, its a photo of two halves. I think the sky being darker conveys the image as being evening/early morning, the sky in the second one is almost a daytime colour. Photo 1's darker sky sets off the lights in the city skyline better. That said, if you could take the boats and foreground shoreline from the second pic and overlay that on the darker first photo, that'd nail it for me
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That's exactly what I was thinking too. It was taken at sunset and the lights were just coming on.
 
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Tom Grove

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Blacktop said:
I kind of like #1. Gives me a better feel of a mood. I can't really explain it.
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I agree with the mood of the first one, but I like the detail of the second one a bit more... I'll keep playing with the settings and run it through different ones to see if I can merge the mood with the details.
 
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Blacktop

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Tom Grove said:
I agree with the mood of the first one, but I like the detail of the second one a bit more... I'll keep playing with the settings and run it through different ones to see if I can merge the mood with the details.
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Maybe combine the top half of the first shot with the bottom half of the second shot?
 
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aroy

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I like the second better.

In NX-D there is a "Vivid" setting, which really enhances the look of an image. I use it regularly for flowers and landscapes.
 
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