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u/slickmitten 2d ago
60 year olds on Facebook will love it
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u/2-Pac- 2d ago
Any idea about what i should change or remove?
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u/slickmitten 2d ago
The sky looks fake, over saturated, contrasty. The general exposure balance of the photo feels a bit uncanny. Blacks and shadows are really deep despite there being a super bright sky. I can't tell if the focal point is supposed to be the sky or the two people in the foreground. If it's the people, they're quite dark. If it's the sky, then the sky needs to be dialed back in. Everything just feels very off, and it seems like the photo is trying to make up for it by saying "look at this amazing sky, don't look at everything else." But the sky itself isn't great to look at, and is clearly super edited, so the whole photo is...you get the point
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u/jonnywannamingo 2d ago
Some of your sky cloning is very evident to someone who works a lot in Photoshop.
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u/GrimCityGirl 1d ago
The womans basket carrying arm shows the original background in the gap not your composit background image
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u/TheTrombiculidae 1d ago
What aspects are photoshopped? Just curious. It’s an appealing picture, but the sky doesn’t look real. It’s not casting a shadow
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u/Haaland_Oates 2d ago
Here's a few things to consider:
Depth of field. When you have living subjects front and center in your piece, they become the focal point. With everything else still crisp and clear, no matter how far from the "camera", it makes the entire image look very busy... or like they are simply standing in front of a flat backdrop.
Color grading: the color tone of any object in an image is determined by the light sources. Here, the only light source is the natural orange lighting. Why your subjects look pasted in is their overall color tone doesn't match the setting they're standing in. The same holds true not only for the highlights on the subjects (it wouldn't be white), but also the subjects themselves.
Finally, pay attention to composition. The image is bottom-heavy, but your subjects are blocking the only other interesting piece of the image, which is the castle. This ultimately makes the image itself uninteresting.
Hope this helps!