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Forum: Photo Critique
01-01-2012, 04:40 PM
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Well, nothing can be better than the original :)
The best way to "enhance" an original is to selectively remove or change elements that do not contribute much to its message/intend. By doing so, the main elements are "improved", but indirectly. Simply put it, one tries to capture as best as possible the main focal elements and in post processing "fix" the rest. I am not referring of course to white balance or exposure, which both can be adjusted within reason in PP.
For example if you don't like a sharp background and you don't have DOF options, you can always blurry it in PP, but if you main element is out of focus, you can never recover it.
One of the easiest and most effective enhancements is to turn an image of competing colors/focal points to black and white. By removing the color element, the rest usually fit together better.
Just some food for thought.
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-31-2011, 11:56 AM
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#1 looks like there was haze and lack of contrast
#2 looks like it was taking with fluorescent lights
#3 looks more natural but with two competing views: foreground and distant background almost corrected for WB but the main focus point (the tall buildings) are not. If it was the other way I believe it would look more balanced.
Have you tried to switch the whole image in Black-and-White?
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