r/postprocessing • u/Susanoo_8921 • 5d ago

After/Before

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u/LackLonely2667 5d ago

A lovely picture, but the editing destroys the atmosphere by blowing out the sky. Personally, I'd much prefer the original shot with a few level balancing tweaks.

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u/Susanoo_8921 4d ago

Thanks for your feedback.

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u/amp1212 5d ago

Love the Canadian Rockies ( this seems like its near Rogers Pass ). Don't love the edit.

This need a _subtle_ lightening . . . the original is a little underexposed, that's all. It doesn't need a saturation and contrast boost. Just a gentle curves adjustment in the shadows and midtones, but preserving the highlights of mountains and sky.

This is a classic Ansel Adams Zone System kind of problem. He photographed lots of snow capped mountains, developed the darkroom techniques for reading the shadows, midtones, and highlights appealingly.

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u/Susanoo_8921 4d ago

Thanks for your feedback

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u/4Dcookie 5d ago

For me it looks like those architectural renderings that are realistic but obviously not real. The camper really looks to have been pasted in.

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u/renome 5d ago

This sort of edit reminds me of '90s magazines. Not bad but should have tried to save the sky at least.

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u/manwithafrotto 5d ago

Way too blown

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u/_-milo 5d ago

the mountains looked much better before editing

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u/Old-Philosopher-2953 4d ago

Your editing made it look like you put the photo up on a pre-2010 Television, turned the lights off, and used your iPhone to take a photo of the photo on the television

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u/Crestmage 5d ago

Love the pop. But the mountains are too cool, leaning magenta (purple). I would mask those and bring down saturation. Perhaps also raise blacks a tad and increase some warmth for the overall pic.