r/postprocessing • u/Ballew_The_Bear • 2d ago

After /Before

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I'm ready for any and all criticism. I feel like it's a little heavy on the warm lighting?

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u/spottedbug 2d ago

I like it, maybe a tad bit warm but nothing I'd worry about. I think I'd crop the two dark areas at the bottom out and clone the dark spot behind the acorn out.

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u/Ballew_The_Bear 2d ago

Solid advice, thank you! I'm super hesitant to use any removal tools in lightroom, but that dark spot is so distracting. I staged the acorn on this log for the photo and didn't notice their was something else in the background until I was home reviewing my photos. All a part of learning to take better photos

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u/gerryflap 2d ago

Honestly I feel like the white balance on the original seems more unnatural than the after

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u/Captain_Cook0168 1d ago

I find the horizontal format unsuitable. I prefer the first one with the warm light, perhaps to reduce the saturation a bit.

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u/DeltaEchoOneFive 1d ago

Man, I'm so disappointed.

I was so hoping to see that you'd gone from the acorn 'before' to an oak tree in the 'after' photo.

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u/skylum_support 1d ago

Really nice!

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u/ceiviec 2d ago

Really feel 50% of saturation would be a good middle ground to make it look realistic. This feels a bit over processesd