Memorial Day Ceremony

Gary752

Here are a few from our Memorial Day Ceremony. These were all shot using natural light, and the only thing done in post processing was to lower some highlight clipping, mainly in the background. I sorta like how they sorta look somewhat vintage. What are your thoughts on these? What can I do to improve them?

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


#7


The rest of them can be seen here. http://brosiusphotography.smugmug.com/Gallery/Events/Memorial-Day-2014/i-q5rB8pJ

GaryB

divamum

Great subjects, and a nice varied set. 5/6/7 are my favorites. Processing is possibly a little too punchy for my personal taste (HDRish? Topaz?), but that's ok - differences are what make the world go round!!

Bottom line: nicely done

Gary752

divamum wrote: »

Great subjects, and a nice varied set. 5/6/7 are my favorites. Processing is possibly a little too punchy for my personal taste (HDRish? Topaz?), but that's ok - differences are what make the world go round!!

Bottom line: nicely done

Thanks for looking and commenting Diva! Only thing I did was import the raw files into LR, and pull back on highlight clipping in the backgrounds since these were actually backlit, then exported to JPGs. These were never taken into Photoshop at all. Only thing I can think of that might have happened, was a preset in LR got applied during Import, but I don't remember telling it to do that. I'll have to look into why they came out that way. I thought they looked kinda cool, that's why I didn't go any further with them.

I had posted some of these on my Facebook page, and one of my friends informed me that the second guy in, in #7 is his grandfather. He then shared it on his page so he can show it to him.

They had a parade after the ceremony, but didn't get to take any photos cause every time I got ready to take a shot, someone would step out in front of me to take their own photo, so I just packed up and sat back and watched the parade.

GaryB

Qarik

I think these definitely processed..they look over sharpened and/or clarity was bumped very high along with a decent bump in saturation. It kinds works on the soldier shots but not on #4 for sure.

Sand

I really like these and the vintage feel of the photos. Going with the vintage feel of these photos, does anyone else want to see #1, #2, #3 and #7 in black and white or sepia? It just seems right for the historical uniforms.

lifeinfocus

I like the post processing in number 7 but feel it is too much for the others. I like the shots 1 to 3 as far as composition.

jonh68

The punchy processing works for 3 and 7.