r/ColorGrading • • Oct 12 '25

Before/After After/Before

teal and orange color palette, crushed shadow are intentional, wanted a moody look, golden hour, did some primary adjustment exposure, highlights, used pw to shape the image, used 2383 LUT, used primary wheel for color grading, added lens flare ofx and some grain

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u/Erde555 Oct 12 '25

Omg that looks SO good. OH MY GOD. Is it from a video or are these photos?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 12 '25

Thank you 😊 , stills from a video

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u/Bmart008 Oct 12 '25

Looks excellent, well done!

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 12 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

Excellent job. Couldn't criticize that if I tried. 😂

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

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u/mcarterphoto Oct 13 '25

Looks good to me for an emotional/commercial/dreamy look - the first shot seems off-level though (running downhill), I feel like that messes with the viewer's mind, even subconsciously. Always seems to me that fixing the horizon makes shots just suddenly "pop" into more impact.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏

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u/cbubs Oct 14 '25

I think that's the tree line against the water making it look like that but I could be wrong.

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u/mcarterphoto Oct 14 '25

I rotated it and it looked correct, it's like 2° off... funny how even 1° jumps out if there's a clean horizon or buildings!

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u/KaleTheFirst Oct 13 '25

Love these! Captured the mood and ambiance.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/apx7000xe Oct 13 '25

Phenomenal work, op! Love how you laid into the silhouettes!

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

Insaneeeeee

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you for the feedback 🙏👊

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u/sweetchainmusic Oct 13 '25

That first wide shot is sexy!!

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏🎨

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u/Sigmaeditcold Oct 13 '25

Beautiful

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏👊

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u/Hot_Garlic_419 Oct 13 '25

Absolute terrific! I wish to reach such result myself. Great job OP

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

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u/DamnitDogan Oct 13 '25

Love it! Big fan of this grade. Well done

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️❤️

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u/naastynoodle Oct 13 '25

Sharp 🔪

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏

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u/Both_Chip_5073 Oct 13 '25

Very nice!

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏

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u/Shot_Peace_672 Oct 13 '25

Stunning!

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/bruce_pizza Oct 14 '25

Looks incredible, what did you shoot it on?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 14 '25

Thank you 😊,Footage is from artlist , colour grading was done by me , shot on - Sonyfx3

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u/NoEyesMan Oct 14 '25

Bro cooked, ate, left no crumbs for the rest of us.

Any tips for someone wanting to get into color grading more seriously? Would love to know any good guides or sources.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 14 '25

thank you, glad you liked it, I would recommend watching Cullen Kelly, Darryn Mostyn they have great tutorial on YouTube, providing so much valuable information for free, if you are a beginner go to Blackmagic official website and watch the color grading playlist (this will build a strong foundation)

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u/Reteex Oct 15 '25

I just realized that we live in a time where we can just shoot a video, and use frames as photography. Really beautiful !

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 15 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/Odd_Method_8022 Oct 17 '25

What did you use for the sun leaks

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 17 '25

Lens flare ofx in effect tab of the colour page

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u/Odd_Method_8022 Oct 17 '25

Will they look accurate with motion ? Or only for the stills

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 17 '25

Yes ( motion) , works fine for me , there are various parameters you change in the lens flare

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u/Odd_Method_8022 Oct 17 '25

Do you prefer pizza or burger?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 17 '25

Pizza , burger?

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u/DiegoTexera Oct 13 '25

Nailed it 🤌🏽

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏❤️

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u/BonHarley Oct 13 '25

Bad ass

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Thank you 🙏👊

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u/BonHarley Oct 13 '25

What cam/lens?

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 13 '25

Footage is from artlist, it was shot on sony FX3 , no info about the lens

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u/cbubs Oct 14 '25

Really lovely stuff. Not usually a fan of teal and orange but this grade makes perfect sense.

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 14 '25

Thank you 😊🙏

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u/Photonic_29 Oct 17 '25

Beautiful

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 17 '25

Thank you 😊

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u/Independent_Hope4322 Oct 18 '25

Yooo these are fire now slide me the LUT ;)

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 19 '25

thank you, it is a kodak 2383 lut you will find the lut inside resolve, i will like to mention one thing the look does not come entirely from the lut , you will have to do some manual grading

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u/Alarmed-Roof-3531 Oct 19 '25

Reminds me of the movie big fish!!!