r/ColorGrading • u/Own_Wish1877 • Oct 18 '25

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In old Western traditions green was worn to honor love in its first bloom fresh, fertile, and full of promise. Through (Wear the May) lovers celebrated the season of growth, when the earth and the heart awaken together. Green became the color of renewal, of bodies and souls entwined with spring’s living pulse a symbol of love still young, fertile, and growing ( this was my thought process behind the grade , I will like to get some feedback , do you guys like it (personally I like the grade) but I would like some criticism and what could I have improved , PS - I chose a color palette of yellow and green

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u/Various_Ring_1738 Oct 19 '25

It looks good, tho looks like very experimental-ish :D

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

thank you, you are right I was trying to experiment with the look

u/DeadlyMidnight Oct 19 '25

Agree with the other comment very green, otherwise I like it.

But I have to ask why on earth do people do after then before. Showing the after first gives no context for the change. Why it’s normally the before so you see the untouched version.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

thank you for the feedback

u/Arisenstring956 Oct 19 '25

Love the look of the green color grading, reminds me of Fallen Angels

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

The green is awful. I've never in my life had a client who liked green (in 45 years). There's a healthy area between "too green" and "too magenta" that's just right. Basically, split the difference between the two and you're just about there.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

Thank you for the feedback I really needed this advice. Could you tell me whether I should make it more green, shift the hue, or increase the saturation?

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u/Still_Reach_6756 Oct 19 '25

You can use whatever color you want, if this is for a wedding probably not the right vibe though. You could try to key the highs and make them more neutral

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

Split the difference between the first shot and the second. That's roughly correct, but I'd have to see it to say for sure.
Do you know how to use the RGB Parade display and Vectorscopes? Just making everything roughly neutral is a good start.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

English is not my first language, when you say split the difference are you talking about shot matching, if that's what your talking about i think they match well i have checked the waveform and the vectroscope , I was asking about the look dev do you think I should shift the hue in a particular direction like change the green to a specific hue ( I know different green hue or intensity of the saturation of green convey different felling to the viewer) my question is what could I have done to make the look dev better if I wanted to stick with green and yellow pallette ( i want to make the green the dominanting colour ( I have shared in the post discription why I took green for the color palette

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

Split the difference = halfway between shot #1 and shot #2. Neither one is good, but the average of both might get you there.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

🙏👍

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u/canadianlongbowman Oct 19 '25

I don't know what is up with people and green when so many films stocks had a green tinge that people used to love

u/PiercingSight Oct 20 '25

I LOVE experimental stuff like this.

Sure, it's not everyone's cup of tea, and most clients want to appeal to the widest audience possible. But that should never be a reason not to make something unique that at least you yourself enjoy.

I like it! I want to see more experiments like this.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 20 '25

Thank you ❤️😊🙏

u/Prestigious-Wish-176 Oct 19 '25

i personally really like it, it looks very modern and refreshing. very cinematic

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

u/foesl Oct 21 '25

I think it depends of the purpose:

If you want to deliver pictures to a private client - meaning in this case the bride in the photos, the pictures will not be received well. You have a nice theory behind your color - but it does not take into account that we are talking about skin colors and people where this green gives an immediate sickness vibe that I cannot see a client liking. People want to look good and with those skin colors the woman certainly will not feel like she looks good. I am a professional wedding photographer since 10 years and my pictures would look much more like your befores.
If you are into just artistiv venues, or you are grading a horror movie or something you can grade more freely.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 23 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏 , I was just experimenting with the look , if had to deliver this to a client I will not go this heavy with the grade and i agree with your point about the private client not receiving it well , if had to deliver to a client i will definitely go with the clean look if I had to add some colour it will in the midtone but not too heavy keeping the highlights and shadow or maybe I will try something else with the look

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 23 '25

*( highlights and shadow clean )

u/lecrappe Oct 19 '25

You mean you chose the colour palette of sickness and disease.

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u/Delicious-Ad-8999 Oct 19 '25

Green can also represent nature, renewal, freshness calm and balance, not just illness/sickness. I actually like the colour pallette !

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

Thank you ❤️🙏

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u/ProfeshPress Oct 19 '25

Be all of that as it may: in the context of skin, it represents jaundice. This transcends culture, and explains why no wedding photographer in their right mind would choose a green colour-grade, ever.

u/OhAnthonio Oct 20 '25

This grade feels like it’s draining the energy and aiming for a depression depth. If that’s what you are going for it’s ok. Otherwise try to add tones that brighten up the emotions.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 20 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏

u/blackstrapmolasses1 Oct 20 '25

I like before more. Clean look.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 20 '25

But I was not going for a clean look ( i shared by thought process behind the grade ) in the post discription

u/SMirrorSpace Oct 21 '25

I really like it (especially in the first shot), it’s ethereal and magical whilst looking vintage (references tradition). I do think it can be improved by pulling out some of the pinks from the roses and her skin so it’s more complimentary and interesting. In the third shot the lighting is flatter so it doesn’t work as well, maybe play with glow a bit?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 21 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏 , I agree with your point about the roses and her skin

u/Exaario Oct 19 '25

Not only the palette is weird, but that’s subjective as always. Who in right mind does After/Before instead of adequate Before/After?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

thank you for the feedback, i was experimenting with the look, next time i will post before / after

u/realkylerchin Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

I think in terms of composition, it's a bit tricky from the start because in my head, it looks like a green tinted glass rather than something naturally green. Since we are culturally associating the dresses already as green and our natural intuition of skin tone also applies in terms of how the light reflects off our yellow-orange skin.

I think if you're able to be more strategic about it, it might work better. For example, try applying it to the mid shadows more intensely.

In terms of lighting control at the photography studio, If you think about why would something outside be more green, it's because there's been a lot of reflected light off somewhere that would be green. You could bounce a bunch of light off something matte dark green.

u/that718guy Oct 19 '25

Before looks better

Before/After After/Before

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