A Chance Shot

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Redtail55

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I shot this picture the other day and kinda like how it turned out with the composition but I'm not sure about if my colours are good , I use Aperture for processing and there is a lot of options available but I try not to make it look "overprocessed" because I'm not a big fan of pictures that don't look like a real photo from a camera.
 

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J-see

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I'd say your WB is slightly off. It's not much but adjusting it removes some red cast. If you intended it as such, ignore me.

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J-see

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Redtail55 said:
Red Cast ? If you don't mind , can you explain that term in how it effects the colour ?
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Your temperature and tint affect your whole shot although it isn't as visible everywhere. By adjusting the WB in LR to the white of a geese, I lowered the temp and tint slightly and in that removed the red tint that was visible in the bright parts of the shot. If you look at your shot, you see that there is a red tint almost everywhere in the water. There where the water reflects the colors of other objects it is normal but more to the middle of the lake, there are usually no tints other than the reflection of the sky. By making the whites white, that tint disappears in those areas.

It's hard to get a correct WB while shooting but luckily easy to correct in post.

I'm not sure if this explains it good enough what I did and why.

Here's a link going more in detail:

Understanding White Balance
 
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Redtail55

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AHH ! ,Ok I went back and forth and I can see what you mean now , the water definitively does have a red tinge to it , see I knew I'd get some good feedback on here !
 
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J-see

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Redtail55 said:
So If i can ask , in your camera settings do you leave the auto WB as set from Nikon ?
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I use auto-WB since I shoot RAW and can correct it afterwards. Either I use a neutral part of my shot and use the dropper in LR to adjust WB or if I have no reference in my shot, I simply adjust until it looks as I desire it. The WB in cam is never 100% accurate and differs from cam to cam and shot to shot but for RAW it matters less. Unless you require 100% accurate colors.
 
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Eyelight

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Nice shot.

Besides the WB off just a bit, the sky is a little blown out for me. I would process to pull some more detail from the clouds in this direction, which if you like, you can do better with the original than I did with the small JPEG.

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J-see

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I forgot to mention; your horizon is not in level. Check the buildings.

You can use the water in the back to level it. Unless it's a waterfall, water is always perfectly leveled.
 
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RocketCowboy

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Like @Eyelight mentioned, my eyes were drawn to the clouds which look blown out and missing some detail. I haven't figured out how to do a gradiant filter in Aperture like I can do with LightRoom, but you might try lowering the exposure in the sky some to see if you can get any detail back.

I really like this composition though.


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fotojack

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What I liked most about this shot is the composition. What looked odd to me was the horizon was off a tad, and the bright orange of the trees on the left. Seemed over done, if you get my drift. :) And yeah...just a smidgeon of a red tint in the overall shot. Like was explained, though...easily corrected in post.
 
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Redtail55

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Thanks to everybody who offered their opinions and
advice to my photo posted , it's been a good learning experience on how I look at my photos from now on


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