Shirley Pohlman
April 2025 - CHARLESTON SC HARBOR
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About the Image(s)
This is a tourist boat in the harbor where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet in Charleston, S.C. Shot with iPhone 14 Pro in raw setting. Edited in Lightroom that included one of their vintage filters that gave it more color. Masked the sky and added more contrast to bring out the cloud texture. Cropped. I hope it’s bright enough because lightening it washed it out too much. Any suggestions?
4 comments posted
Great concept and processing to arrive at the final. I am intrigued with the party on board and the boat apparently about to get stuck in the sand! I would suggest taking out the tip of land with buildings on the left because it detracts from the peaceful scene. Posted: 04/03/2025 05:01:17
Shirley,
I likely would have taken an image of the same scene - Iphone or big camera. The scene is very flat, so I took the liberty of bringing it into Lightroom (desktop, but you have the same capability on LR Mobile).
I masked the sky, and added some color and contrast to bring out the highest clouds, then added texture and clarity. Then, I masked the water and, again, added color (via Temp. slider). Overall, I then brought up the white of the ship and sails to end up with a (I think) much more pleasant image.
All masking and adjustment are very quick and rough, but it's doable.
A crop to eliminate some of the points of land are needed, too. Posted: 04/04/2025 02:05:47
I likely would have taken an image of the same scene - Iphone or big camera. The scene is very flat, so I took the liberty of bringing it into Lightroom (desktop, but you have the same capability on LR Mobile).
I masked the sky, and added some color and contrast to bring out the highest clouds, then added texture and clarity. Then, I masked the water and, again, added color (via Temp. slider). Overall, I then brought up the white of the ship and sails to end up with a (I think) much more pleasant image.
All masking and adjustment are very quick and rough, but it's doable.
A crop to eliminate some of the points of land are needed, too. Posted: 04/04/2025 02:05:47
Hi Shirley,
I agree with Jim's comment that the lighting is very flat. Maybe have a look at the image as a mono image and crop off a bit on both sides.
Posted: 04/06/2025 03:24:17
I agree with Jim's comment that the lighting is very flat. Maybe have a look at the image as a mono image and crop off a bit on both sides.
Posted: 04/06/2025 03:24:17
Nice calming image but I agree with others in the the coloring of your edits is too flat. Jim's is too aqua, but I really like Martin's mono. Nicely captured, Shirley! Posted: 04/13/2025 13:06:48