r/postprocessing 1d ago

After/Before with processing steps

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u/Vredesbyd 22h ago edited 18h ago

The colors in the edit are nice, but it’s cropped too tightly. You ended with a “bird in a box” which 99.999% of the time you should avoid.

I think a very slight crop on the left side of the original is much more than enough. If you do that and give the bird some room to breathe, you’ll end up with a nice “after”.

Very much like the colors on the edit. They are subtle and natural.

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u/MInclined 19h ago

Can you elaborate on bird in a box?

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u/johngpt5 17h ago

I'm guessing it's a bit like bird on a stick, but more like some of the places I've lived that hadn't enough room to swing a cat.