Newport Beach,CA Balboa Pier
Taken with Air 2S
ND Filter 4
Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Very nice shot, but a bit noisy?

The shade of the sky seems a little off?

Lovely view - nice and quiet for an undisturbed walk

Very nice shot.    Beach does look a bit deserted.  

Montfrooij Posted at 10-26 00:09
Very nice shot, but a bit noisy?

Yes,  you are right! The sky that day was completely grey and white and I made the sky blue in editing.  I overused the texture trying to clouds a little more depth.  I am going to try again with this photo.  Any suggestions?  

DAFlys Posted at 10-26 00:22
The shade of the sky seems a little off?

Yes,  you are right! The sky that day was completely grey and white and I made the sky blue in editing.  I overused the texture trying to clouds a little more depth.  I am going to try again with this photo.  Any suggestions?  

DowntownRDB Posted at 10-26 03:20
Very nice shot.    Beach does look a bit deserted.

Ha ha yes, it was not that crowded but all the people and distractions where taken out is post.  

Blériot53 Posted at 10-26 00:56
Lovely view - nice and quiet for an undisturbed walk

Ha ha it would have been but I took all the people and distractions out in post.  

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 06:52
Yes,  you are right! The sky that day was completely grey and white and I made the sky blue in editing.  I overused the texture trying to clouds a little more depth.  I am going to try again with this photo.  Any suggestions?

Ah ok, that way!

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 06:52
Yes,  you are right! The sky that day was completely grey and white and I made the sky blue in editing.  I overused the texture trying to clouds a little more depth.  I am going to try again with this photo.  Any suggestions?

Yeah, there is a limit with what you can do to a photo. Especially a jpeg.

Montfrooij Posted at 10-26 07:06
Yeah, there is a limit with what you can do to a photo. Especially a jpeg.

Yes, although I am editing the RAW photo.  

For comparison here is the original shot.

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 06:55
Ha ha it would have been but I took all the people and distractions out in post.

Haha. Fooled me

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 06:54
Ha ha yes, it was not that crowded but all the people and distractions where taken out is post.

It is always amazing what you can do in post.  

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 06:53
Yes,  you are right! The sky that day was completely grey and white and I made the sky blue in editing.  I overused the texture trying to clouds a little more depth.  I am going to try again with this photo.  Any suggestions?

What about a sky replacement

How about this verison

DAFlys Posted at 10-26 22:43
How about this verison

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Wow that looks great!  I am so new to editing and have a lot to learn.  How did you get the rays of light to shine down?  

Nice scenery and framing - but for my taste, you overdid the colour grading

ElleKN Posted at 10-27 07:40
Nice scenery and framing - but for my taste, you overdid the colour grading

Yes, for sure you are right.  Still learning how to turn a completely grey sky blue.  I'll take another shot at it.  Thanks for the feedback!

Snook911 Posted at 10-27 07:31
Wow that looks great!  I am so new to editing and have a lot to learn.  How did you get the rays of light to shine down?

That’s a complete sky replacement.  

DAFlys Posted at 10-27 09:45
That’s a complete sky replacement.

Wow, can you briefly explain how that is done.  Thanks!

Very nice shot, Thanks for sharing

Great captures

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 07:48
Yes, although I am editing the RAW photo.

Even these have limits

Snook911 Posted at 10-26 08:01
For comparison here is the original shot.

Yeah, you can't push that one that much.
What you might want to do, is make a AEB-5 DNG and merge those in post.

DAFlys Posted at 10-26 22:43
How about this verison

[view_image]

Yeah, that is better!

Montfrooij Posted at 10-27 23:57
Yeah, that is better!

cheers Peter.  

Snook911 Posted at 10-27 11:07
Wow, can you briefly explain how that is done.  Thanks!

In some editing software you can use the sky replacement feature and pick from library of Skys or take an image you have of a sky and use that.  

DAFlys Posted at 10-28 00:56
cheers Peter.

You're welcome!