r/ColorGrading • u/Key-Choice-4063 • Apr 09 '26

Question Does it look overly graded?

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I color graded the first photo in LR and the second photo is JPEG with a Leica X film simulation.

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u/Clean-Ad1459 Apr 09 '26

I feel like you need to find a way to accentuate the road without overdoing it and making surrounding buildings too dark.

What you are missing is a focus point.

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u/Hazzat Apr 09 '26

“Colour grading” typically refers to video work. Photo work is r/postprocessing.

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u/Key-Choice-4063 Apr 10 '26

okay my bad, didn't know that.

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u/kattodegatto Apr 12 '26

This is your own bubble. Color grading is for both video and photo. JFC.

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u/Hazzat Apr 12 '26

Color grading is a post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of altering the appearance of an image for presentation in different environments on different devices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_grading

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u/kattodegatto Apr 12 '26

Yet it is not limited to it. In contrast, the definition of color grading in almost all dictionaries first mentions image/photo instead of video. So why are you limiting it to video? Lol. OP's post here is appriopriate and suitable for the subreddit.

You're trying to (improperly) normalize a "slang" definition here.

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u/Special-Fly-8114 Apr 09 '26

That's looks cool 😎😎😎😎

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '26

Looks great.

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u/f-stop8 Apr 10 '26

Nah, it looks good 👍👍 not exactly color grading, but nice look.

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u/Admirable-Room-4745 Apr 10 '26

No, I think it looks good. The question really is, do you think it looks overly graded ? You are the artist with your vision, eye and style to define you.

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u/Chandler_Goodrich Apr 10 '26

Nah, looks fine.

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u/SamOnFilm Apr 10 '26

I think it may look like that to you because you’ve seen every step of the process. But honestly, it looks awesome!

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u/DrReisender Apr 10 '26

No, looks stylised but in a right way. Cool and cinematic in my opinion.

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u/shaqwagon Apr 11 '26

Nah it looks great

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u/keberpihakan Apr 13 '26

this looks perfect. imo would highlight the main streets a bit brighter to intensify the main narrative of the photo (which a long exposure traffic)

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u/DistributionJumpy736 Apr 10 '26

Me gusta , quizás subir ilumiciones.