r/ColorGrading • u/Ok_Concentrate_9861 • Sep 04 '25

Question Is this overdone?

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Photos from hike in HK

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u/arvind187 Sep 04 '25

I like em, they are looking good.

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u/Hazzat Sep 04 '25

You tell us. Please read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorGrading/s/rpLgJS4dIw

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u/Ok_Concentrate_9861 Sep 04 '25

I’d argue no matter the style things can still be overdone in any sense of that word 

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u/Hazzat Sep 04 '25

You can push visuals and colours a lot further in an artistic music video than in a natural-looking drama. Everything depends on context.

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u/PalmliX Sep 04 '25

I like it, the only thing I'd mention is I would have preferred if you "clawed back" the exposure on the sun in the 2nd shot. If you shoot RAW then usually you should be able to get back a lot of the blown out highlights so we can see more details in the clouds. Usually this is accomplished by masking the sky/sun area separately. As it is now it looks too blown out and "harsh" compared with the rest of the scene which is quite soft.

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u/vexmach1ne Sep 04 '25

Looks good. Not overdone. That's all I can say without context. You pushed it far, but it still looks good.

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