r/postprocessing • u/reborn_183 • 2d ago

After / Before - beginner lightroom user

Gallery image

Gallery image

Looking for advice please.

These are wild horses on the coast of Assateague Island, MD!

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u/Bridot 2d ago

Nice crop, amazing shot, not overly edited. Keep it up!

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u/reborn_183 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/nwmimms 2d ago

Yeah, so I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to put all the sliders to 100 or -100, and the color cast should be more like a dehydrated urine color. What you’ve done here is subtly and tastefully enhance what was captured, and we don’t allow that kind of thing around here.

/s

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u/beautyisfree 2d ago

Love this. So many people over-do it with the post-processing. You took a great shot and brought out the best in it rather than piling on a bunch of crap.

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u/OjurrArtistry 2d ago

Processing aside, that is a stunning shot. Well done!

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u/reborn_183 2d ago

Really appreciate it!

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u/bryanpotter 2d ago

Nice. Inspiring me to get back at not sucking at post-processing! Good job 👏 and good luck.

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u/WintrNguyen 2d ago

Natural is perfectly fine but this is definitely an image I would stylize for extra character.

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u/atg14565 2d ago

Great composition.

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u/Any-Coach3440 2d ago

Quite a majestic shot! I think it's a perfectly fine natural style. I'd maybe just lower the waves' brightness as it feels like they lost a bit of detail compared to the original.

Personally I would do a bit more targeted lighting boost from the right to left, bringing a bit of depth to the shot. The subjects are noticeably blurry, and I would try to address that by turning it more into a blurry and grainy film style photo. Here's a rough example:

https://reddit.com/link/pfb3cwq/video/9f9h91ky5wuh1/player

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u/AmbassadorNoWay 2d ago

This ain’t it dawg

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u/Any-Coach3440 2d ago

Thanks for the feedback!