high key sailing (critique welcome)

I have never done a high key shot before, I would appreciate any advice. Don't know if this was the type of shot to even try high key? I am trying to learn so critique very welcome!! I have lost some detail while editing.

I am a bit disappointed because the colour looked okay on my laptop but looks different on my ipad.

[Disha Parekh]

The colour looks good to me, and I think this is a great subject for a high key shot! I would have decreased the exposure just a little bit to get more details in the boats/water, and then used the dodge tool on the sky but I think you did a great job. Fav for me!

[Diane]

@dishaparekh176 Thanks for the advice Disha, I see what you mean about the detail, is that on photoshop? I don't have photoshop, I think I better get it, I am pretty limited what I can do with free editing programs.

[Disha Parekh]

@dianeburns You can even do that on picmonkey :) In fact I find the picmonkey dodge tool easier to use than any of them :)

[Diane]

@dishaparekh176 Thanks Disha :)

[Babs]

I love this, excellent composition, but it is a bit too blown out for me. If you haven't got photoshop I am sure that with any free editing program you could just decrease the exposure slightly. Perhaps check out the histogram and reduce it that way, only ever so slightly though.

[gloria jones]

Super high key image

[Lin]

Great subject matter for high key! Love it!

[Valerie Chesney]

I have never tried this...Your shot is delightful..

[amyK]

this is a fun shot; i love that you try lots of new processing..(i'm a big chicken)

[Launa]

This is cool! What a clever idea.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

This is charming,you can use High key on any photo,Iuse it quite often you may have seen shots if you look through our shots fav fo this I love it :)

[Milanie]

Love the subject for a high key approach - those who know much more than I do seem to have found some good suggestions - I wouldn't know how to get that extra detail but the suggestion makes sense.

[Rachel]

I love the idea of this, with the colours of the sails just popping. The detail on the edges is lost a little, and I wonder if you could use a Clarity tool to define the edges just a bit?

[Gayle]

I have never tried high key but I have learned a lot from reading these comments. It looks to me like you found a perfect subject for this processing! Fun shot! :-)

[Diane]

@888rachel Thank you for your advice Rachel, I understand exactly what you are saying except about the tool, I have very limited knowledge about editing programs. I better start learning more I think. Thanks again :)

[Hayley Maxwell]

I don't know anything about high key shots, but i thought it was a very eye catching, fun and colourful shot.

[Diane]

@amyk It's fun Amy, you should try it, what's there to lose! haha

[Tony]

Interesting result, not something I've tried.

[Shari]

Love your subject for this experiment. The sails look great.

[Kas]

I'm not too sure what high key is yet - not something I've tried, but this is a lovely shot. Very artistic and kinda like a painting rather than a photo.

[Living at the beach 365 days a year!]

I love it! Fav

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

I like it!

[Stephanie Swift]

I must say, I like it the way it is. The charm of some high key shot, IMHO, is having to imagine some of the detail. Fav for me.

[vstap]

Maybe a little more detail for my taste, too, but subject matter is great. A fun shot

[Diane Shirey]

This is very cool. I had never heard of this technique before, so doing some google work now. You have amazing photos and processing, I don't know that you need photoshop.

[Tom]

I like this artistic rendering

[Harbie]

This is so cool!!

[Tabbycat]

This is seriously great! It's exactly the kind of shot I would do! ☺