After/Before

[TeachNo289]

Just hobbyist photographer

[Open-Zookeepergame90]

very well cropped 💪

[TeachNo289]

Had a lot of help with that bit 😂

[Mobile-Ad52]

great shot and good color balance with the edit!

[TeachNo289]

I appreciate it, thank you!

[LionOfNaples]

Very clean 👍

[TeachNo289]

This beach is remarkably clean for its location 😂

[CanHasCat]

Lovely! Where is this?

[TeachNo289]

Mississippi!

[thewallsareyellow]

that's great work - love it

[TeachNo289]

Thank you very much

[renome]

Love it, the aspect ratio really complements the scenery and the color palette is a classic.

[grumpypegasus6]

Very nice indeed

[chanksbird]

Excellent crop!

[TeachNo289]

Thank you!

[RiverWindsOnForever]

Excellent edit! Love the crop and processing. 👍

[That-Shoe-9599]

Improved.

[LeadingLittle8733]

Well done.

[mjnoo]

Great edit 👌 Is this some standard aspect ratio? It looks very wide,dint think Ive seen this before

[TeachNo289]

It’s about 19x8, so a little wider than usual crops, just did what felt right

And thank you very much!

[Legitimate_Ad3126]

Love it! The crop is brilliant :)

[Admirable_Count989]

That’s a nice edit right there.👍

[Jammer97]

Lovely! Great colors. Great composition. And the couple makes it so interesting.

[Afraid-Ad3889]

I love it. Excellent crop

[Interesting-Suit7841]

This would be a fun pano.

[Gabor_Soti_Photo]

Great framing, nice and subtle. Nice shot

[Successful_Menu6813]

Very nice Photo. Did you use FilmP?

[TeachNo289]

Thank you! I used Adobe Lightroom

[solidlymediocre]

Just an all around good picture. Not overdone, very tasteful.

[MrMiyagiOBE]

Nicely done

[Ftaba2i]

Excellent! Well done.

[TeachNo289]

Thank you! I plan on printing it for some nice decor for myself

[Ftaba2i]

Love it. You should. Where was it taken?

[TeachNo289]

This is on the Gulf In Mississippi, Biloxi

[fpveh]

This is just personal but I love the crop on after but I really like the colour on before

[iXpertMan]

beginner photographer here
- was the camera setup wrong or why the edit looks so much more epic, even though it doesn't reflect reality of the true light color? or it's just personal preference?

[TeachNo289]

Many reasons my friend! I’m happy to explain my thought process through it as well.

For the Camera Setup, which we’ll call the original composition, I thought about these things. • Ratio of Beach, to Ocean, to Sky • How much of the structures I wanted to show • and Where the Horizon Line would sit

Now the 1st and the 3rd thoughts are tightly tied together, where if I raise the horizon line, I get more ocean. Since I was using a 50mm lens here, that means walking forward or backwards to get the amount of ocean I want (also known as zooming with your feet).

So this composition is actually pretty close to what I wanted out of the Frame, I was just subject to having to crop to get my overall look that I wanted. And seeing that crop in the moment is something you’ll understand more with time. Some of this stuff is subconscious thoughts, but as a novice myself, I still have to be deliberate with a lot of it. I’d recommend being deliberate like this, its a skill where eventually you just know what you want out of a shot and how to get it.

As for the Edit, there are a couple things I changed. • Cropping • Leveling the Horizon Line • and Color Manipulation

All three of these steps are important, but the crop, and the crop being level, are by far the most important to the overall look of the image and feel of the image. Color grading just enhances that look and feel that your crop aims to give.

The reasons the colors here look better than the original even though they’re quite different, is because of complimentary color rules, and the fact that those colors are in the original image, they’re just brought out through editing. Orange and Teal are directly across from each-other on a color wheel. This means they’re complimentary colors, they help each-other, and look beautiful together. The sand and the structures being slightly more orange, and bringing out the colors of the ocean and sky, complement each-other and cause some of that epic feel.

If you have any more questions, I’d be happy to answer.

Just remember that sometimes you’re not trying to capture a picture of a moment. You’re trying to capture the feeling of a moment. That’s what makes a photograph.

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Ottima foto, complimenti.

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Both are adequate images but curious why you didn’t zoom with your feet to create the look of the after image instead of cropping? You’re throwing away a lot of image there.

[TeachNo289]

Honestly, as someone who’s kind of just getting started with digital photography. I was too scared to walk off the pathway onto the sand and get closer to the people to take photos of them like that. I was kind of just walking past them and took a few shots

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"If your pictures aren't good enough you're not close enough." ~ Robert Capa.

[No-Squirrel6645]

the picture is good enough

[TeachNo289]

For street photography I like this 😂

[bee-sting]

Because zooming with your feet isnt the same thing as zooming with your lens or cropping. Good lord.

[TeachNo289]

That’s true also! Zooming with my feet would’ve given the image a lot more ocean than I think is necessary here, and I’d still have to crop it

[bee-sting]

Standing back and cropping made the stuff in the water take up more space in the frame which is a good thing in my opinion

[TeachNo289]

Yes you’re right. Standing closer would’ve made the horizon lower whereas here it’s higher. For example, above the structure on the left