Ticino - Southern Switzerland

[TimHughes]

Some results from last weekend in Ticino trying my hand at landscapes, feedback on potential improvements welcome. One thing I have struggled with is consistent white balance between the pictures for example.

1. 5D4_2114-Edit by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr

2. untitled-1932-Edit by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr

3. untitled-2287-Edit-2-Edit by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr

and a couple with infra-red

4. Landscape-1935-Edit by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr

5. Landscape-1932-Edit by Good Lux Photos, on Flickr

 

[ancient_mariner]

It's not necessary to get the same white balance under different weather conditions - cloud vs bright sunshine will naturally produce different colour temperatures - but you have balanced will here.

The thing that leaps out immediately here is heavy handed use of the clarity or micro-contrast control in whatever package you used to develop them. I'll wait to crit further when I can view them on a more suitable screen.

 

[TimHughes]

It's not necessary to get the same white balance under different weather conditions - cloud vs bright sunshine will naturally produce different colour temperatures - but you have balanced will here.

The thing that leaps out immediately here is heavy handed use of the clarity or micro-contrast control in whatever package you used to develop them. I'll wait to crit further when I can view them on a more suitable screen.

@ancient_mariner thank you! I'm using using lightroom with color efex. Normally I use clarity at max 30 in lightroom and then in color efex the detail extractor at 10. I'll take another look and dial back.

 

[ancient_mariner]

OK, now back on my usual screen instead of laptop - they look just a tiny bit overcooked here, and I do mean a tiny bit. When I process with 2 packages I tend to use an effect like clarity in either one package or the other, or if I do use both then clarity may get a small - 5 to 10 unit - bump in LR before exporting. I like Nik effects, but the structure control is a bit of a double edged sword, sometimes adding artifacts to an image if one isn't careful.

I use Perfect Effects sometimes, and early on I'd use the dynamic contrast control quite heavily, ending up with a very hard picture, lacking in smoothness. These days I actually seek out a smoother image, sometimes rolling off clarity up to -40 to reduce the hardness of an image.

 

[TimHughes]

OK, now back on my usual screen instead of laptop - they look just a tiny bit overcooked here, and I do mean a tiny bit. When I process with 2 packages I tend to use an effect like clarity in either one package or the other, or if I do use both then clarity may get a small - 5 to 10 unit - bump in LR before exporting. I like Nik effects, but the structure control is a bit of a double edged sword, sometimes adding artifacts to an image if one isn't careful.

I use Perfect Effects sometimes, and early on I'd use the dynamic contrast control quite heavily, ending up with a very hard picture, lacking in smoothness. These days I actually seek out a smoother image, sometimes rolling off clarity up to -40 to reduce the hardness of an image.

Thank you again! I will adjust and research more the best workflow combining the tools.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Good compositions, light and moods in all of these but the processing is just a bit too heavy.

My advice is to as per @ancient_mariner 's. Plus 15-25 clarity in LR is fine. You will sharpen as well.

Don't in my advice use the detail extractor in colour FX. You might be able to use 1% but there is really no need. Same with the dynamic contrast slider, any more than 15% and its going into the world of the hyper real.

 

[TimHughes]

Good compositions, light and moods in all of these but the processing is just a bit too heavy.

My advice is to as per @ancient_mariner 's. Plus 15-25 clarity in LR is fine. You will sharpen as well.

Don't in my advice use the detail extractor in colour FX. You might be able to use 1% but there is really no need. Same with the dynamic contrast slider, any more than 15% and its going into the world of the hyper real.

Stephen, thank you