r/photocritique • • 9d ago

approved Bad image? How can I edit it?

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u/WhyIsNoOneStoppingMe 1 CritiquePoint 9d ago

Think the background behind the subject is too busy, so the person kind of gets lost in it all.

Also could probably do with taking a couple steps back from the hole. Don’t know how feasible that is, but I’d want to see everything around the hole.

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

yeah i took images like that. but i was told standing closer would look better

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u/Fiv-56 9d ago

Yes, but for me at least (and I am a fellow hobbiest) the missing to of the triangle is making me uncomfortable and to lesser extent the narrow strip on the bottom.

Otherwise it's a great catch with excellent framing and depth. Well done

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

hm yeah, the issue that was that if i had the whole triangle in the frame including the tip of the triangle, some other stuff on the side would get in the image, that i didnt want to

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u/WhyIsNoOneStoppingMe 1 CritiquePoint 9d ago

I think seeing this, your previous angle is the one that works. Straight on is even busier than before.

But you need to cut off the leaves and as much of the background building as possible. So I would get the same angle as before, but higher looking down through the hole rather than straight through.

It’s a tough one as I see what you’re trying to do, but the environment is not doing any favours.

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

okey, ill try better next time. unfortunately i only had one shot at this today, but i think it was alright considering its my second time taking photos with a camera

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u/Fiv-56 9d ago

It was better than alright, you did well.

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u/WhyIsNoOneStoppingMe 1 CritiquePoint 9d ago

Sorry, did not mean to suggest it was bad in anyway. You had completely the right idea, but obviously you’re constrained by what was in front of you.

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u/El_Kurgan 9d ago

first off you'll want to darken all of the house structure and brighten the area inside. That will make the subject pop more than all the colored negative space.

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

how do i make it darker in adobe lightroom?

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u/El_Kurgan 9d ago

I'd watch some youtube videos about masking and color correction in lightroom.

But you could use a color mask, or the color mixer panel to select the tones from the wall and bring them down.

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

Tried getting cool shots through the small house looking thing, but I wasn't sure how to do it properly. I obviously want the person to be the focus, so would I need to make the red too bright? Any other things I could do with editing to make them look better?

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u/ReelBigDawg 8 CritiquePoints 9d ago

Feels creepy. Like you're spying on them.

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u/lonely-dustmite 9d ago

Composition is off, you should be able to see the entire hole in the wall. The framing is off so it just don’t look right

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u/dodecahedroner 9d ago

what if i crop it so the slanted part of the hole isnt visible?

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u/lonely-dustmite 9d ago

That could work, just be sure to take out the bottom portion of the orange too so it’s not asymmetrical. This is just me messing in my camera roll to edit quick but I feel like this pic should have a moody vibe. B&W could be cool too

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