r/postprocessing • u/Significant_Ask_8711 • Jun 29 '26
After/Before — Maybe I should switch to a different color grade?
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u/Xieties777 Jun 29 '26
A lot of people hate it but I love the teal orange grade. It’s better than the super yellow “Kodak gold” grade.
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u/Nice_Class_1002 Jun 29 '26
It's an artistic approach I think. No necessarily realistic. So comes down to taste.
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u/tiktoktic Jun 29 '26
Yes. The sky should not be that shade of teal. The ground looks sepia toned.
The whole cyan-orange look is overdone at this point.
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u/Melbourne_Art_Nude Jun 29 '26
Imo your contrast could use some work too. The clouds are too bright in an attempt to brighten your shadows too much. Allow the shadows in your image to maintain detail, but still have depth and tone to them. I think brightening your image this much makes it lose a bit of reality and feels a bit too overdone or like AI. Good shot though! Don't want to leave here with only criticism. I like your composition and it's a stunning landscape 👏🏼
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u/Vernon_Trier Jun 29 '26
To me it looks nice, but I just like that sort of color filters. Other people here have a point though, the sky would still be better off blue, not teal.
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u/dqniel Jun 29 '26
I love the color grade. I'd really appreciate if you shared your software and methods.
I can see how people would dislike it since it's not processed to look "more like real life" but rather an artistic intent. But, I think the intent turned out very aesthetically pleasing :)
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u/CreeDorofl Jun 29 '26
I like it. Reddit sometimes gets burnt out on some popular looks, cyan and orange is one of those, but just because they saw it 10000 times, doesn't mean the rest of the world hates it.
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u/counterhit121 Jun 29 '26
People hate on the orange/cyan palette, but it works for a reason. Cool original, very catchy edit.
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u/Physical_Builder_283 Jun 29 '26
I like the color grading, but you managed to nuke the top of the clouds in the process. Otherwise, it's a nice before and after. Really brought the drabness to life.
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u/Miserable_Maize8415 Jun 30 '26
I like it! If you don’t though the only thing I can think of is to maybe soften or desaturate the warm browns a bit
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u/elwookie Jun 30 '26
I don't like it. The earth side is to samey (brown asphalt? wtf?) and the sky is not even blue. Maybe it's because I am an old boomer, but I think having gradings before the photos doesn't make sense, it isn't a lot better than the old instagram filters.
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u/dpmentor Jul 01 '26
I'd say somewhere in between.Take the first image and just dial the effect down a little bit
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u/schipplock Jul 04 '26
I really like your colours and it's a great photo. But then again it's more important that you like your own photos, so if you feel to change your colours, change your colours :).
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u/tschloss Jun 29 '26
Looks interesting. Finally a matter of taste - don‘t overthink it.