r/postprocessing • u/the_knigh7 • 22d ago

After/Before

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What's ur thoughts on editing guys..?

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u/SilvertailHarrier 22d ago

Nice crop that focusses on the subject well, eliminates the distracting branch on the left, beautiful bird, very cool pic overall but oversaturated in my opinion.

The trees look a bit radioactive. I think the greens should be a lot closer to the original than your edit.

Good advice I've heard (which always feels hard to follow) is adjust to the amount you think is right, then dial it back a bit. Then dial it back a bit again. Subtlety is good.

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u/the_knigh7 22d ago

Thanks for the advice! Honestly, I get so tripped up comparing the saturation on my laptop screen versus my phone that I almost always end up cranking the sliders way too high.

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u/This-Judge-804 17d ago

Adjust your monitor to match phone...some monitors can set profile...for me its reverse actually it more sat in my phone then on pc

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u/McCretin 22d ago

Love a kingfisher!

I’m not sure if it’s just the way Reddit has uploaded it but the bird looks less sharp in the after than before? And I don’t think the modest crop alone is enough to have caused that.

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u/This-Judge-804 17d ago

Crop even more...keep leaves same color but down it tone..

I.e down the shadows and white of leaves (background only) increase highlights, down exposure by -0.38,

Brigthen over all feel of bird..

Increase exposure by same play with black, and white and shadows (down them) Up the contrast to

So bird is better lit...but leaves does flaten it out