Two Walkers - Beach/cliff image

Here's a shot I recently took - I quite like it but the general consensus is I gone too far with the dark sky - Which I like because I feel it draws your attention to the two people. But Id love to hear what others think about that and the image in general.

There is a bit too much vignetting for me, how dark was the sky originally?

I like this image. But if you cropped off the bottom 1/6 then you'd have the rule of thirds working for you with the horizon about 1/3 up from the bottom. This would eliminate all the dark shadows in the foreground and I think it makes a better image. I agree with Chiefy that there's too much vignette.

In its present form I find the scene unbelievable - and not in a good sense.

I think you've gone much too far in editing.

Cheers for the feed back chaps - Ill have a bash at toning the sky/venyeting down some

Titus213 wrote in post #14568212
In its present form I find the scene unbelievable - and not in a good sense.

I think you've gone much too far in editing.

Cheers for you honesty. In this case though (unless I hear otherwise) Ill put this down to personal taste - my personal taste is to stylistically boost the contrast, and its the one thing I do like about the image, I feel if I was to remove it, I personally would not be happy with the image... I appreciate its not for everyone though.

Had the contrast not wrapped around the side, I could like it, but it seems to creep into the photo.Scrolling, you can, as mentioned, crop some of the foreground out without losing the perspective.

I agree with the vignetting comment. I like the comp. My eye was lead right to the people.

Here is an alternative crop/tweak

Just me, but way better, still going to nit about the vignette on the side though:p

Flo wrote in post #14570057
Just me, but way better, still going to nit about the vignette on the side though:p

+1 ^^^

The second image is much better in my opinion

Much better indeed, looking like it's headed for the wall. You might dial back or eliminate the side vignettes and see how it feels.