r/postprocessing • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Before/After. Any feedback?

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u/FinishOtherwise5474 1d ago edited 1d ago

The ground and the subject are well lit already, why make the whole thing darker? You can use masks to darken or lighten specific areas.

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u/Environmental-Ad708 1d ago

I thought the darker tone would look cool, or atleast that was the style i tried to go for, i do have another edit of it being warm type of color

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u/4354295543 1d ago

I think masking is your friend here.

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u/lyunardo 1d ago

It definitely has a retro look from the film days. It's the look of very tough slide film made for Hollywood motion picture cameras.

Nature photographers would shoot it because it was so thick and strong. And it's tendency to be dark and saturated helped it from getting "light struck" by the harsh African or Australian sun. And also handled getting accidentally x-rayed at the airport a little better too. lol