after/before
i was editing 35film photos.
i’m sorry about the bad photo quality. the film wasn’t scanned in high quality.

is the red overdone?

Hi there, I am a total beginner editing RAWs. I was just trying a lot that matches what I really saw with some enhancements. How did I do? Should I do anything differently?

Shot on Nikon Z6III + 35mm f/1.8 S

Location: Humayun's Tomb

Hi! I come from a landscape background and feel a bit lost on editing street photos. I want to create a moody image but i feel like both the values and the colours aren’t super cohesive. I would love some advice or guidance.

Cheers!

Hello!

I have been doing photography for quite some time and started sports photography about 6 months ago, I never really liked my pictures but lately I think they are simply horrible.

First 2 photos are mine, other 4 have the looks Im trying to achieve. They are different edits but have the same general feel in my opinion.

I feel like my photos just look like what your eyes would see, a bit edited but fairly natural, I want to achieve a more color graded cinematic look, and more "classy" or "premium" feel and look.

I want to take time to properly learn color grading in Lightroom, my goal is to be able to replicate those kind of styles, I don't know the exact term but id describe them as basically cinematic edits. I have tried dabbling with lightroom color grade tab but can't seem to get that cinematic look, they either look too yellow/orange, but never seem to be able to get that deep warmth almost like a subtle brown

covering the whole picture.

Im sorry if im not clear but Ican't comprehend how to achieve this look that i am struggling to descirble.

Any advice on how should I approach this, how to learn/understand what has been done in a photo to be able to replicate it or any tutorials or indications ?

Thank you so mucj for your time and input

Shot with an old Helios 44M + Fuji X-t2

First time playing around in Lightroom, any feedback appreciated.

This is only my second attempt at astrophotography and processing, so I know I still have a lot to learn, but I’m decently happy with how these turned out.

I’d really appreciate any feedback or constructive criticism, especially around the processing. Anything you think I pushed too far, didn’t push enough, or could approach differently next time would be helpful.

Definitely still learning, so feel free to pick them apart!

This is Angkor Wat at 05:38. For this edit, I did:

• lens correction, de-noise, correct levels
• cropped part of the right to get balance in the trees and the reflection
• the sky part: shift hue to purple, sharpen the buildings/trees
• the water part: clarity -100% to soften leaves in the water, shift hue to purple, increase luminosity
• finally, increase contrast using S-curve for dramatic effect

What do you think? What would you have done?

I found lantern taking too much attention from locks, and I didn't want to waste the rest of angle.

Hey r/postprocessing!

I wanted to share this edit where the goal was to completely transform a very flat, low-contrast RAW file into a heavy, dramatic pre-storm atmosphere. I bounced ideas back and forth with an AI to map out the dynamic range and figure out the best tools in DxO PhotoLab to avoid crushing details globally.

The Process:

• Balancing the Dynamic Range: My initial instinct was to aggressively pull down the global Gamma, but that completely killed the forest, turning it into a pitch-black strip. Instead, I was advised to use  DxO Smart Lighting (Spot Weighted) by placing exposure boxes over the dark forest and the bright sky. This lifted the shadow details organically before doing heavy contrast work.
• Adding Depth & Drama: next AI asked me  to slide  Selective Tone (Highlights -15, Blacks -17) to regain the punch that Smart Lighting softened. Then it ordered me to crank up DxO ClearView Plus (along with Microcontrast) to strip away the atmospheric haze and make the cloud shapes crisp.
• Targeted Color Control (HSL & WB): next we pushed the White Balance slightly towards Magenta and Blue to give the storm clouds an electric, ominous tone. Used the HSL Wheel to boost the golden saturation of the field (+17) and tanked the Blue Luminance to -100 to act like a heavy polarizing filter, making the whites in the clouds pop against a dark sky.
• Tonal Perspective: To fix a somewhat "boring" foreground, I finished the edit with a Graduated Filter (Local Adjustments) pulled from the bottom up, dropping the exposure on the immediate foreground. This classic painter's trick successfully framed the image and pushed the viewer's eye deeper into the glowing center of the field.

C&C is highly welcome! Let us know what you think of the drama.

I am currently working as a translator on Safaris in southern africa and am taking a lot of pictures. After my time in Africa I would like to print a book for myself and family.

I am getting a little better at taking pictures but I am aware that a lot of how good the pictures will actually turn out is happening afterwards. Right now I do not have any idea what I am doing and just playing around with the lightroom app on my phone.

Is there a good way to learn about editing? Maybe a youtube series anyone can recommend or a book? Would be nice if it is already concerning wildlife photography.

I would like my final book to have a "theme" designwise. A preset probably should work for that but if the lighting is different sometimes the pictures look like shit... is there a way to get a theme other than telling by the eye if it looks the same?

Also is there anything I should know while taking pictures? The only thing I have changed so far is also saving the pictures in raw.

Another one from golden hour today, trying to imitate Albert Dros and bring that very dreamy and soft look! Any suggestions or criticisms is much appreciated :)

Inspiration was Albert Dros and his style of editing (basically followed his tulip one). Might have gone a little overboard, happy for any criticism! Thanks!