New to editing and open to all criticism!

Hi Kevin

Final edits and colouration is such a personal thing.

For me, the framing is good. I like the increasing light towards the surface which locates the subject nicely. Again, for me, the divers draw the eye away from the subject without adding to the story the picture tells. I’d edit them out. And, yet again, very personally, I find the oranges a little over-saturated. I’d tone them down slightly.

All that said, new to editing? 👍🏼👍🏼

42 minutes ago, TimG said:

And, yet again, very personally, I find the oranges a little over-saturated. I’d tone them down slightly.

Thanks for all the input, I really appreciate it! Being new to editing I'm mostly lost on the initial color wheel stuff. I'll automate that in Pixelmator pro, then automate the individual saturation/brightness and adjust those sliders to try and make something that doesn't leave the subject too washed or blown out. Mostly I'm guessing on how colors actually expose. My project file corrupted but here's an example of how the color automation was set early in the edit.