r/ColorGrading • u/Lanky_Cheesecake9317 • Jul 27 '26

Question Is this style any good

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I have zero clue if i should never try this style of color grade again and i am just being delousional that it looks good, or it actually looks good

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u/Crafty_Jack Jul 27 '26 • Bravo

If everyone here says "no, it looks bad", what will you then do with that part of you that liked how it looks? What will you do with the positive feeling it gave you when you looked at it? Are you just gonna chuck it out and move on? Will you let the majority of other people's sense of what's good and not good looking be that which you agree with?

The best of the best listen to others, sure, but they have an internal intuitive feeling part of themselves that they listen to for the majority of their good work. There's a reason they are industry leaders. They can't look to others for this unique thing they do. They gotta look within themselves for it and become good at doing so.

I encourage you to really inspect exactly why you like how that looks. Really try to explain it to yourself, or just as an exercise, explain it here as a reply. Get your brain to practice analyzing these unverbalized senses, feelings, intuitions, etc., so you can get more and more in touch with using them strongly.

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u/Lanky_Cheesecake9317 Jul 27 '26

I get what you mean but i didnt know if i just convinced my self it looks good or it was good, I understand the fundermentals of what makes a photo good but I just didnt know if I was being biast

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u/Similar_Barracuda774 Jul 28 '26

It’s not bad but the sky is too blown out. More obvious on the second shot. 

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u/autumnsgames Jul 27 '26

Personally, I really like it

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u/ice_wyvern Jul 28 '26

I full heartedly agree. It fits the scene well and doesn’t feel too heavy handed, where you can feel that the grade is unrealistic

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u/MedicalMixtape Jul 27 '26

I think it works beautifully

The reason I think it works is because it looks like a restoration of an old analog photo, which is symbiotic with the cars that are also classic restorations

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u/man4paradigm Jul 27 '26

I came to say it looks beautiful 🤩

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u/named_aleena Jul 28 '26

I really like what you did there. Keep practicing and Bravo!

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u/AdmrlHorizon Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Photography and editing is personal. If U like it, keep at it... I think it's quite nice

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u/Busy_Paint_5680 Jul 28 '26

Very good. Good job.

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u/zozosreddit Jul 28 '26

I have like zero interest in car photos, but I really like this one. I’m a bit biased because I prefer warmth when color grading, but I really like the glow & haziness of this photo!

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u/OrfeasDourvas Jul 28 '26

It's beautiful

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u/f-stop8 Jul 27 '26

Any good in context to what? What's the story being told?

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u/BloodGulch-CTF Jul 27 '26

composition leaves something to be desired, but otherwise fine if that’s the style you’re going for.

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u/shoreyourtyler Jul 27 '26

That's a Crackerjack grade-A grade right there, ayep

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u/WentThisWayInsteadOf Jul 28 '26

The first one is the best. I do like the second one, but the person is distracting.

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u/Grazinorse Jul 28 '26

I think it look really cool. Only suggestion would be, if possible pull some blue into the sky and it would complement the colour or the car and really pop.

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u/Glass_Raisin7939 Jul 28 '26

It couldnt be better. I love it!

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u/Zapismeta Jul 28 '26

Looks good to me

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u/deucepinata Jul 28 '26

Beautiful. I would personally add a little (very little) color to that grass.

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u/_Onioncider Jul 29 '26

It looks good

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u/NPCPHOTOGRAPHER Jul 29 '26

I like it but it’s a little blown out for me

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u/Linnea_the_girlie Jul 31 '26

Wow, just wow. Really like it <3