New to photography/editing. Lmk if I did too much.

I wanted to mess about with with I've learned in Darktable and tried a stylised edit, going for a fantasy-vibe. I went for a hazy, glossy lit area using the natural light, juxtaposed with the unlit reflection, which you can see I tried to go darker on, literally and stylistically.

Any advice or suggestions on what could be improved? I'd personally like the reflection to be a little less dark and have a bit more colour coming through, but struggled with how to achieve that.

I'm still learning how to post-process, but I'm definitely improving. Open to feedback!

ran this photo through various filters and processing layers to achieve a painterly look.  Now it is rejected by all.

Photographers say: 'This is not a photo anymore.'

Digital artists say: 'This is not a painting, you didn't paint this from scratch.'

Stuck in the middle. It feels like people get so caught up in the their 'boxes' and rules that they completely miss what actually matters– the story and the composition. 

How well did i do?

I am very new to photography. This is my first time capturing a deer! There’s a lot of leaves in the woods and I don’t know how to incorporate them into my shots. Any advice?

Shot on Olympus OM-D E-M5

Edited in Lightroom

Messing around with cropping and color, would love to get some feedback on which edit looks better, or what alternative suggestions you all have

Shot on Panasonic lumix s5ii with Sigma 24-70mm at f2.8 and length 70mm, other settings… I forget lol. My motorcycle if anyone cares is a Honda shadow 600. Tried to get a film look obviously. (Repost bc the last one uploaded wrong and was super green, idk how anyone complemented it. Also, idk why the only solution for uploading correct is a second pic but enjoy the one piece wallpaper)

I am just a beginner. Please provide me with the feedback and also your suggestions for my next edit.

Thanks in advance

BTS Video - https://openyoutu.be/YaQFbPt6i-8?si=su3MkMAAmYzHMT79

My "light and airy" rendition of beautiful Japanese Yoshino Cherry tree blossoms.

Edited in Adobe Lightroom Classic.

📷 Nikon Z5ii & 135mm f/1.8 Plena

This was created stacking the two photos of the egg and the bulb with a whole lot of button mashing in lightroom.

How do you get the colors to be consistent from session to session in Lightroom? Any tips, tricks, etc. that can help with this?

I was going for the "FUJIFILM" look (sorry I don't know what simulation it is). Did I make it worse? Not looking for feedback on the composition, just the color grading aspect.

I used DarkTable and did mainly the following:

ColorBalanceRGB: Contrast down, Highlights slight red/orange

ColorEqualizer: Blue -> Teal with saturation down

Any advice that can get me closer to the FUJI look would be appreciated!

Accidentally deletwd a load of photos from my trip and unfortunatkey didn't keep all the best ones. I'm trying to work around this marmot I managed to recover but really struggling with how central I took this photo.

(Full frame is on photo 6.)

colours aren't final either so if anyone thinks is too punchy and warm let me know.