First RAW Edits

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AboveFunction

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So here is a few edits, this isn't my first edits but it is my first time editing raw...

Be harsh, be ruthless and just gimme watcha got :)





 
Look fine, although there is a slight colour cast on the last one, maybe cool off the WB a little and perhaps a bit more contrast in the first.
Not sure what youve done to the second, looks almost like selective colouring, but not quite as there is still colour in the background.
 
Number 2 looks like you dropped the luminance on anything but yellow/orange in selective toning. Nice, it works for me.
Number 1 I like the composition but I think its the headlights that are making me just not like the image as a whole. That being said the edit you have done is fine, nice work.
3 is a meh for me, beautiful sky but just a meh as a whole.

What program are you using to edit them in out of curiosity?
 
Thanks for the advice and feed back guys, I'm not a great fan of number 3 and if you have any advice for what I could have done before post production to shoot a better photograph?

Thanks,
Grant
 
AboveFunction said:
Thanks for the advice and feed back guys, I'm not a great fan of number 3 and if you have any advice for what I could have done before post production to shoot a better photograph?

Thanks,
Grant
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No problem man, keep at it! I still make loads of "meh"s so dont sweat it :)

Number 3, id personally make it B&W, up the blacks and highlights and maybe th contrast a bit. The trick lies in the fact that if you up the blacks, a lot will just be black, but if you up the highlights as well it will allow for it.

Under the bridge by Vaughan Williams., on Flickr

This is an example of upping both where just upping the blacks would have killed the shot. Obviously yours is a differnt kind of shot so you could play it by ear, but still :)

Good luck mate!
 
God said:
The trick lies in the fact that if you up the blacks, a lot will just be black, but if you up the highlights as well it will allow for it.
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Brilliant advice, I'll be sure to try it out :)

Thanks fella
 
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