One landscape and a portrait for critique

[Tom Alicoate]

Oren, Stefan, And Ken,
Thank you for the feedback. It seems like the Mt. Moran picture needs to be more vivid. I like both of the versions that you have made. Also thanks for the feedback on the portrait. I never saw the harsh shadow on the nose, and the color is a little cold. You also cropped out his messy hair which is a good thing. One of the best things about this type of feedback, is that you get to see different methods of doing things. I am self taught in Photoshop, and while it isn't difficult to use, there are a lot of things I have never thought of doing, or even knew existed.


Thank you very much,


Tom

[Ken Schwarz]

You're welcome. I find some features of Photoshop, such as perspective correction, indispensable, but in general I try to avoid using it in favor of Lightroom. It seems to me that 99% of the features of Lightroom can be counted on to make a picture look better, whereas 99% of the features in Photoshop will make it look worse! At least they do in my hands. Seriously, LR is sooo easy to use...I recommend it without hesitation!

[Stefan Stuart Fletcher]

It really was entirely my pleasure. Other people's enthusiastic, informed advice can't fail to make our pictures better. I learnt a lot from Ken's approach and, as another self-taught Photoshopper, I agree wholeheartedly with its amazing ability to make things worse! If only I knew how to put my copy of LR to good effect...