Feedback on photo

jonlee1 said:

It is a good "editorial shot." It appears like it could have been
taken with any camera including a point a shoot. Not sure what you
are trying to focus on. Was it the costume? Crowd? I would have
shot tighter or closer to the primary subject you were focusing on.
Keep at it.

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• The highlights in some channels are clipped, probably due to saturation. Try brilliance slider instead of saturation in LR, it'll keep highlights to a higher degree.
• Light is very harsh, coming from directly above. It does suit the subjects as the bad spirits are no less harsh You can adjust tone curves or use fill in light slider in LR.
• If you've shot raw, you can try recovering some highlights with the recover slider set to 25.
• Darken the yellow blob on the lower right. Don't crop it off though, it's a nice reference to the god of wine (though it comes from a completely different culture).

• You can darken the scene and leave the center demon as is, this will focus attention on him more, the white garments attract a lot of attention.
• You can also do the reverse, brighten the scene and darken the demon, like it's a dark pit of evil.
• If you want to go creative, you can do some nice stuff if you do a day to night conversion. You can play with hellish red light on the demon and heavenly blue on the white clothed ones.

PakRyan said:

Hi All,

Have been a member of this forum for a while. Had my 400D for almost
a year and a half, have taken many photos, still learning all the
time.

I have been getting better at analysing the exposure while shooting.
My post processing needs some work.

I would appreciate some feedback on the following photo. I am not so
much worried about the framing / cropping but more about the post
processing, exposure adjustment, color, sharpness etc..

I use Lightroom and usually bump the sharpness up to 40, and the
colour saturation to +20.



Here is the exif data
Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Shutter Speed: 9965784/1000000
Maximum Lens Aperture: 4/1
Metering Mode: Pattern

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imqqmi said:

This is a really nice festival shot!

Some small technical changes can be made, but they're improvements is
up to you:

• The highlights in some channels are clipped, probably due to

saturation. Try brilliance slider instead of saturation in LR, it'll
keep highlights to a higher degree.

• Light is very harsh, coming from directly above. It does suit the

subjects as the bad spirits are no less harsh You can adjust tone
curves or use fill in light slider in LR.

• If you've shot raw, you can try recovering some highlights with the

recover slider set to 25.

• Darken the yellow blob on the lower right. Don't crop it off

though, it's a nice reference to the god of wine (though it comes
from a completely different culture).

Some more artistic changes

• You can darken the scene and leave the center demon as is, this

will focus attention on him more, the white garments attract a lot of
attention.

• You can also do the reverse, brighten the scene and darken the

demon, like it's a dark pit of evil.

• If you want to go creative, you can do some nice stuff if you do a

day to night conversion. You can play with hellish red light on the
demon and heavenly blue on the white clothed ones.

For some d2n conversion ideas, learn from the master if this art peano
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=18581140

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leroyvanhee said:

I know you didn't ask for a composition critique but here's a
suggestion anyway. I think it would be better if you eliminated the
power lines and tables on the right. I found the blue bottle
distracting. Also move the main subject away from dead center. This
would also make the subject larger if you keep the final size the
same. Please pardon my messing with your photo.

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