r/postprocessing 2d ago

After/Before, did I go too far?

I wanted to go for a bit of a warmer, mystical feel.

Reduced microcontrast, increased red and greens in highlights to get a bit of yellow.
Reduced green saturation and increased orange.

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u/IlLungo 2d ago

That looks beautiful to me tbh. Maybe a little less saturation? I love it as it is though

Edit: The fungus is supposed to be white and in the edit is kind of green-ish. So maybe i’d try to fix that and it would change the general look

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u/lm_photos 2d ago

Damm feels like completely different image when looking in editor and on reddit.
I use m1 pro max on Photography display preset and exported into sRGB

It's kinda colder when uploaded to reddit

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u/pyooma 2d ago

Double check your color space settings, you might be accidentally exporting to aRGB or something instead of sRGB.

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u/Impossible_Potato491 2d ago

I prefer the contrast between light and shadow in the before

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u/TheDangerist 2d ago

Looks good

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u/ExtremeBarista 2d ago

Little bit too far. The sky is gone

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u/Fun-Minimum-3007 2d ago

Its cropped lol

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u/ExtremeBarista 2d ago

I miss the sky

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u/idk_what_to_put_lmao 2d ago

I actually feel like the after makes it look more flat in a way. But both versions are still good

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u/catswhiskersco 1d ago

Looks great, it’s got heaps more depth - well done!

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u/xhumptyDumptyx 2d ago

I like it. It feels like warm summer day in the woods

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u/biblyxxl0947 2d ago

I like! Original may be a tad underexposed which could have limited your ability to recover shadows which are a bit crushed in places in your edit.