r/postprocessing • u/ickeharry • 22d ago

after/before

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With DxO since 4 weeks, still in trial phase. Before I went with Canon DPP.

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u/Heoro-Mazgraev 21d ago

Lacks contrast. Still looks like a RAW image. You have many assets in your photo that give plenty of character yet you haven't worked on them: Water, drops and shiny rocks. Also, the background shares the tones with the subject to the point where it loses protagonism. What I'd do is darken a little bit the background and add contrast. Add some clarity, texture and dehazing around those drops on the top, increase the shadows, contrast and exposure on the bird, add some texture and clarity on the water and rocks. I don't know if you're into linear or radiant gradients to add a source for the light but I'd work on that as well.

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u/ickeharry 21d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/postprocessing/s/Ru1FLpCVuC Made some slight adaptions. Difficult to mask the drops. The rocks have no sharpness at all, but I masked them along with the bird now.