Shooting in manual (1 Viewer)

[Johnno65]

Hi people,
After reading many threads on here I decided to try my hand at shooting manual with BIF against different skylines th try and eliminate images with no detail. I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome but would like some feedback from my more experienced BF members to do any tweeking that maybe needed!

Many thanks. Johnno

 

[Johnno65]

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Another image shooting in manual.

 

[seaspirit]

For meaningful feedback it would be helpful to provide some information.
- How much of the full frame is represented in the cropped image?
- Are the images already processed by you? IF what adjustments were done (sharpening, levels of highlights, shadows, midtones .....)?
- Is the original file recorded as raw or jpg?
- General information on shutter speed, f-stop, iso, light conditions?
- What software can you use to work on the files?

On my screen both samples look overexposed and have blown highlights in the head. However, darkening and recovering highlights is easier than brightening up shadows and if shot in raw you may have sufficient dynamic range to bring back a lot of detail in the head area.