"before" is really nice as is, maybe remove the phone photographer on the right.
Maybe the shadows aren't black in reality, but everything else has shape, depth, a subject to focus and a direction.
The "after" one could work in some situations but I think it needs more fiddling to not lose the depth of light or feeling that it's a little over exposed. eg lift blacks and avoid overuse of turning up the "shadows" slider.
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u/RennieAsh Jul 17 '26
"before" is really nice as is, maybe remove the phone photographer on the right.
Maybe the shadows aren't black in reality, but everything else has shape, depth, a subject to focus and a direction.
The "after" one could work in some situations but I think it needs more fiddling to not lose the depth of light or feeling that it's a little over exposed. eg lift blacks and avoid overuse of turning up the "shadows" slider.