Request for critique. Long Beach Landscape.

[Apple fanboy]

I was responding to this:



For once, I'm the one explaining lingo! (Usually, I'm the newbie)
"burn" means to darken the exposure on a given area of the photo (opposite to "dodge").

In this case, it was being suggested that rock was too much of a distraction, and short of cropping it out, or cloning it out, I could simply darken it to the point where it quit being a distraction.
Since this shot is already pretty heavily cropped, I will indeed attempt to burn the rock tonight and post the results later on.

Ok understood. Yes I think that would improve the shot.

 

[zioxide]

See original posted above. This is as much sky as you can get.

Do you have Photoshop?

You could add like 50px on the top of the image and clone brush the top of the sky to add a bit more. I've done it a few times when I needed to add just a bit more sky. Don't add too much but if you do it right you can pull it off!

 

[Puckman]

Do you have Photoshop?

You could add like 50px on the top of the image and clone brush the top of the sky to add a bit more. I've done it a few times when I needed to add just a bit more sky. Don't add too much but if you do it right you can pull it off!

I don't. I only have and use Lightroom 4. It's ok. No biggie. This photo isn't exactly going to be published or winning any contests. The feedback itself was sufficient to teach me a few new things. That's the goal.

 

[sjinsjca]

In response to my request for versions suitable for rMBP desktop use...

I'll play with them some more tonight and see what I can do. Thanks.

...Any luck? I really like your photos.