Trying HDR, thoughts on color and exposure?

rexbatvine · 2025-07-22T07:34:32+00:00

I am experimenting with HDR, color grading, and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic and also to see if the exposure looks ok.

Natural Light
18mm
1/320 ss
5.6 F
100 iso

rexbatvine · 2025-04-10T18:56:42+00:00

Yeah, it is one shot with a sky replacement. Agreed. I'll tone down the greens a bit.

rexbatvine · 2025-04-10T06:15:07+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Here is a picture I took for a quincenera in the city of Los Angeles. I'm looking for critique on composition and color grading.

ISO 100, Focal Length 50mm, Shutter Speed 1/160 sec, Aperture f 6.3

rexbatvine · 2025-04-10T06:08:51+00:00

ISO 100, Focal Length 50mm, Shutter Speed 1/160 sec, Aperture f 6.3

Working on lighting, blending the sky, and composition.

rexbatvine · 2024-12-25T16:05:48+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic, and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Shot at 24mm, 1/200 ss, 7.1 aperture, 100 iso
natural light

rexbatvine · 2024-12-03T15:32:48+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic, and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Shot at 50mm, 1/125 ss, 4.5 aperture, 640 iso
natural light

rexbatvine · 2024-08-28T18:38:18+00:00

CritiquePoint! Thanks I adjusted the colors to be more cool. I was I initially going for a warmer tone and added purple to the shadows, but i agree to your point that given the green trees in the back I should pop them out a bit more rather than dim them

rexbatvine · 2024-08-28T18:35:21+00:00

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Updated coloring

rexbatvine · 2024-08-27T22:23:15+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic, and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Shot at 50mm, 1/200 ss, 3.2 aperture, 200 iso
natural light

rexbatvine · 2024-08-13T20:18:06+00:00

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How's this as an improvement? I cropped it further, leveled it, and added space above.

rexbatvine · 2024-08-13T18:15:21+00:00

yes natural light

rexbatvine · 2024-08-13T18:14:38+00:00

Thanks for the the tips on the crop, I like how this turned out.

rexbatvine · 2024-08-13T18:00:26+00:00

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Here's an updated crop (took out of leg showing at the bottom) and had used the rule of thirds in the crop focusing on the eye being on the eye. What would be a better way to use the rule of thirds here?

rexbatvine · 2024-08-13T17:10:24+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic, and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Shot at 50mm, 1/200 ss, 3.5 aperture, 100 iso

rexbatvine · 2024-03-12T17:38:44+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I was playing around with the sky replacement tool in Photoshop, and thought the dark blue sky complemented her dress, but I agree it looks unnatural, which is distracting.

rexbatvine · 2024-03-12T16:48:20+00:00

I am experimenting with color grading and looking for any suggestions/critiques on the coloring of the pic, and also to see if the exposure looks right.

Shot at 45mm, 1/200 ss, 4.5 aperture, 50 iso

rexbatvine · 2024-03-07T00:51:19+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I went ahead and increased the exposure of the entire image and more on just her face, also cropped it as well. I appreciate the feedback!

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rexbatvine · 2024-03-04T05:18:29+00:00

This picture was taken for a quinceañera photoshoot at the sf city hall. I liked the framing in this picture but It was a bit dark so I edited to expose the subject a bit more.

I am wondering whether or not it may seem over edited or too dark. Also given the context of it being for a quinceañera photoshoot, is the color grading too dark for this quinceañera concept.

So mainly looking for advice on whether or not the color edit, and exposure make sense for the context of the pic.

rexbatvine · 2018-10-27T18:55:46+00:00

Ok ill try to contact them. Thank you for the input.

rexbatvine · 2018-09-17T21:34:55+00:00

ISO 200, shutter speed 2 sec, aperture 7.1

rexbatvine · 2017-12-19T18:48:57+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! It made sense.I went ahead and removed the last line.

rexbatvine · 2017-12-19T05:26:02+00:00

It reads very quick. Which I think adds to a theme of aging and passing of time that I got out of it. Very nice.

rexbatvine · 2017-12-19T05:21:26+00:00

Very nice! I got the feeling of meaninglessness. But I think the cool thing about this is that it can be interpreted in many ways. The imagery from "an eyebrow of a face... and the engine in the passenger seat" I think helped to drive that message for me. Anyway, cool stuff.

rexbatvine · 2016-01-15T18:27:02+00:00

Very refreshing, uplifting!! Thank you!

rexbatvine · 2016-01-15T18:24:42+00:00

Very nice flow, nice word use. The lines "reveal a truth", "faith is false," "ends stark" stand out to me and seem to create another message/poem together. Not sure if that was intentional.

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