@htid
So let me get this straight
Find Good Light between Sunrise & Sunset
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@Carlh
My Name is Alexander
Yes I could have waited and zoomed it for a start.
2nd. Do you think I could have adjusted the contrast on my camera before shooting?
3rd. I did shoot RAW
4th. I'll make sure to clean up the image next time and straighten it also
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Hi Alexander
You shot in raw so dont worry about contrast etc.. until you've popped those suckers into camera raw, setting contrast etc... will make no difference to the RAW file. Then in camera raw app , you can adjust. Everyone uses it different, but I tend to have:
exposure slider set accordingly
contrast around +38
highlights usually down if I have some blown out bits
shadows + 0 - + 70 if I've got the shadows really dark and want to show some detail
clarity +7 maybe +13
vibrance +5
I dont touch saturation
I have sharpness at +70 radius 1.4
Lens correction set to the lens on the camera, 90% of the time camera raw will select it for you once you enable it
Set chromatic abberation on appropriate to your lens, a lot of the new lenses dont have or have very little CA. The only lens I have where I have to set CA is on my tokina 11-16, everything else works a-ok,
WB is neutral in RAW so set it how you want - if there was something pure white in the image, select the white balance tool and then click on that white bit, otherwise change it to whatever condition was i.e. cloudy/daylight etc.. and if things are a little too yellow or a little too blue, adjust the sliders as you see fit. Its all about interpretation and how you want it to look - if you can make it look like the scene you saw then job is done
though some creative input on that can make interesting images. Experiment and throw it into a C&C thread - we're all here to help, we all started off and I've had help off loads of people, just take the comments on the chin and not personally and you'll pick up so much more than standing your ground - but of course, if you feel the opinion is wrong, then feel free to object. Its all <just> opinions at the end of the day, they mean nothing but if taken correctly can be very useful when you turn to good use
Change your settings to however <<you>> feel it represents your image best you can. Post, post and post some more.