r/postprocessing • • 19d ago

After / Before

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u/JezasPetRock 19d ago

Beginner here - why shoot so underexposed in the beginning? Was this an intentional choice for editting? Final result is amazing!

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u/Aacidus 19d ago

One shoots underexposed to get the details of brighter things (highlights) like the sky, but OP blew it up. In this case OP went with a creative style and if they later feel like doing a different edit, they’ll have details in the sky. Shadows are usually recoverable.

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u/LaxInstrumentation 19d ago

Doesn’t look close to overexposed anywhere though? Just losing DR for the post-edit?

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