Just getting back into it

ShootTwice wrote in post #19010998

IMAGE LINK: https://imgur.com/gall​ery/rmabrDW
Finished edit by orangerageous

5D mk 4
24-70 2.8 L II
6 stop ND + UV Filter

30"@ f/16, ISO 100

Taken in Corona Del Mar, California at Sunset. Any advice appreciated, thank you!

ShootTwice, I like it. Well done.

Advice, keep shooting and glad your back into it.

Is that a bird on the rock?

Personally I would prefer to have a bit more sky, even though there isn't much going on in it.

I like the composition a lot. Looks like you thought that one out.

Thanks guys. I'm struggling with post processing skills a lot. How do I get rid of the effect around the rocks? These were two separate exposures, one after the other. I'm wondering if the "correct lens effects" in Lightroom may have screwed it up here? Or if this was just bad CA that wasn't removed well?

Looks like a bad merge to me with some CA. If you choose to bracket, I think 3 is the minimum you should go with.

Sometimes you can help it with good CA correction and blending parameters.

However, even doing the best I can, sometimes I have to go around the edge with the clone tool and tidy it up. This can take a bit of practice to make it look completely natural.

Looking at that edge, this could be one of those situations. In fact, given the amount of rock and the contrast, I wouldn't have tried to get to too exact in the first place, pretty much knowing that some touch up was going to be needed.

Check this out on removing the halo/CA

https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=qS2ChJ2ZhL8&​t=673s