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Looking for critiques. Amateur photographer. Thank you
Kia ora,
Unfortunately, it won't pass Adobe quality criteria. There are two many issues:
- focus - not sharp as it could be
- artifacts - compression artifacts
- white balance - it's too magenta
- exposure - you need to make the photo lighter. It's because you used a telephoto lens, and in addition to that, you have got vignetting - light fall off from the lens. Lighter in the centre, but darker around the edges
- noise - you have a high ISO - 12800
- you're missing contrast as well. No whites or blacks
This is a 100% crop:
histogram of the whole photo:
Again the result of using a telephoto lens. You have to balance out the exposure in post.
By the way, did you use digital zoom at all?
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