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8 years 11 months ago #442201 by taylorvanhulett
Ok lets try this again! New to the forum and would love some feedback.  Thanks so much! 




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8 years 11 months ago #442220 by Rawley Photos
Well you locked onto his face nice and sharp, now what was the background he was on?  Or was this changed in post to the orange tones?

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8 years 11 months ago #442221 by taylorvanhulett
He was on a rock with some shrubs and sand around him. Didn't change any of the colors in post, just the normal contrast, vibrance, and saturation just a smudge.


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8 years 11 months ago #442237 by garyrhook
For me

I would completely undo whatever saturation you've bumped, and look at more sophisticated and subtle techniques to pop the color. The orange is somewhat overwhelming to the eye. It may also be your WB value is too hot.

Good focus, good composition. I would suggest using vibrance first (admittedly a preference), a nicely feathered radial filter to decrease the exposure of everything around him, and use the individual color channels to tweak the saturation and luminance.

I don't know if you are using RAW files from the A65, but I would recommend you do so.

Again, for me. Nice lizard.


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8 years 11 months ago #442245 by Shadowfixer1
White balance appears to be off quite a bit and the saturation is way over the top. If you are using Photoshop or LR take the Highlight slider down to Zero and the detail in the lizard doubles. Nice image but the post processing lets it down. It's a better image than what you ended up with.
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8 years 11 months ago #442287 by stuartsbarbie
Good image on the shot, but there is to much orange for my taste.  It takes away from the subject.  Like Gary said, undo what you did and back down some. 


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8 years 11 months ago #442329 by taylorvanhulett
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went back to LR and started to play around and I think it was mostly the white balance. Still something I'm working on in camera while shooting... I am shooting RAW so I can play with it in post a little, just try and keep that at a miniumum. Feedback appreciated and taken!


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8 years 11 months ago #442456 by Simon Says
Beautiful for sure!


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8 years 11 months ago #443065 by Travel Nut
Wonderful capture


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8 years 9 months ago #450917 by royhalpin
It's a great image.  I love lizards anyway.  I think I might corp some of the right side.  Too much DOF problem seems a bit distracting.  


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