Alex, you might consider this as an alternative ...From One World Trade Center to Empire State and disappearing at Brighton Beach.
The shot was captured from my beloved Sandy Hook.
The original sky, even the clouds, was too blue.
But there are weird artifacts in the sky now which do nothing for the image.
Well, my version was a "quick and dirty" edit to demonstrate the overall concept of what I was suggesting. Besides, to see those artifacts you have to view the image at almost 240%! Who seriously looks at an image at 240% (unless their big thing in life is searching for tiny processing flaws)?
I can see them in your post without even clicking on the image, let alone at 240%. The sky looks like gravel. The original is much better IMO. I honestly mean no offense, because I've seen you provide a lot of useful feedback on this forum, but a lot of your edits are very rough and when pointed out, you don't seem to notice what others do in terms of technical quality (and I'm not talking about at 240%, I pretty much never pixel peep other people's images). FWIW, I do agree with your crop here.
Nice view of New York that I haven't seen before Russar.
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Well David, I gratefully appreciate your feedback and like the first narrow crop. Actually, I have the exact same one of my own. But the reason for my presented framing is the combination of NYC and Sandy Hook shore diversities.Nice view of New York that I haven't seen before Russar.
I think I too would crop it some top and bottom, and maybe eliminate the tree as well. The sky and buildings look a bit too blue, and the bottom looks a bit noisy and over saturated. I would also sharpen up the skyline some. The horizon is also a bit high on the left which I corrected, and lowered saturation of the foreground.
Alternate crop.
I think what you're dealing with is two different images taken from your original. I actually was going to comment on liking the differing layers of color in the foreground. They provide their own interest that is then lost in the dominant city view. I think most of the other commenters really only saw the city and missed your notion of putting it all in a place. Some of the crops and comments are quite nice but only of the skyline.Well David, I gratefully appreciate your feedback and like the first narrow crop. Actually, I have the exact same one of my own. But the reason for my presented framing is the combination of NYC and Sandy Hook shore diversities.Nice view of New York that I haven't seen before Russar.
I think I too would crop it some top and bottom, and maybe eliminate the tree as well. The sky and buildings look a bit too blue, and the bottom looks a bit noisy and over saturated. I would also sharpen up the skyline some. The horizon is also a bit high on the left which I corrected, and lowered saturation of the foreground.
Alternate crop.
Regards and best wishes to you.
Yeah, I guess I've got this real bad habit. I read the post title and assume the OP, by the title, has identified the subject of his image instead of something else, and I proceed accordingly.I think what you're dealing with is two different images taken from your original. I actually was going to comment on liking the differing layers of color in the foreground. They provide their own interest that is then lost in the dominant city view. I think most of the other commenters really only saw the city and missed your notion of putting it all in a place. Some of the crops and comments are quite nice but only of the skyline.Well David, I gratefully appreciate your feedback and like the first narrow crop. Actually, I have the exact same one of my own. But the reason for my presented framing is the combination of NYC and Sandy Hook shore diversities.Nice view of New York that I haven't seen before Russar.
I think I too would crop it some top and bottom, and maybe eliminate the tree as well. The sky and buildings look a bit too blue, and the bottom looks a bit noisy and over saturated. I would also sharpen up the skyline some. The horizon is also a bit high on the left which I corrected, and lowered saturation of the foreground.
Alternate crop.
Regards and best wishes to you.
I'd be interested to see if you can further develop the lines and layers of colors in the foreground, although maybe in a different image. But this is a very nice job of offering a different perspective of an well-known subject. Nice work.
Perhaps, but I'm also just practical. As for "artifacts," let's remember all any of us have to work with in these exercises is whatever the OP provides. Some OPs provide large image files, some very small, and others everything in between. I never ask OPs to "send a better file." I just work with what they choose to post.
Perfectly understandable. In this case, the OP also talked about how much he loved the place he shot from and I thought he specifically wanted to include his sense of place within the image.Yeah, I guess I've got this real bad habit. I read the post title and assume the OP, by the title, has identified the subject of his image instead of something else, and I proceed accordingly.I think what you're dealing with is two different images taken from your original. I actually was going to comment on liking the differing layers of color in the foreground. They provide their own interest that is then lost in the dominant city view. I think most of the other commenters really only saw the city and missed your notion of putting it all in a place. Some of the crops and comments are quite nice but only of the skyline.Well David, I gratefully appreciate your feedback and like the first narrow crop. Actually, I have the exact same one of my own. But the reason for my presented framing is the combination of NYC and Sandy Hook shore diversities.Nice view of New York that I haven't seen before Russar.
I think I too would crop it some top and bottom, and maybe eliminate the tree as well. The sky and buildings look a bit too blue, and the bottom looks a bit noisy and over saturated. I would also sharpen up the skyline some. The horizon is also a bit high on the left which I corrected, and lowered saturation of the foreground.
Alternate crop.
Regards and best wishes to you.
I'd be interested to see if you can further develop the lines and layers of colors in the foreground, although maybe in a different image. But this is a very nice job of offering a different perspective of an well-known subject. Nice work.
