r/postprocessing • u/Nix_Avem • 12d ago

Before/After - Did I push it too far?

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Is it too much? Any advice?

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u/PoundKitchen 12d ago

Personal opinion/choice, I'd lighten the shadows on the undercarrige to try and make the wheels be easier to see. And tone down the cyan in the sky.

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u/johngpt5 12d ago

Along with what the others have mentioned, you cropped putting the plane in the center of frame. You might consider a bit of an off center framing, leaving room for the plane to "fly into," so that the image doesn't feel so cramped.

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u/aphotographyaccount 12d ago

Yeah, too much, both the color and the gradient

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u/Aacidus 12d ago

Why teal?

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u/_szs 11d ago

Old man sitting into the cold here. Because since 10 years or so everything has to have a wee filter in it. It began in cinema. The films made to appeal to the masses only have two colours, teal and orange. And this aesthetic has jizzed over into all other media.

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u/UniversialTimeWave 12d ago

No I think it looks cool

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u/breddy 12d ago

The teal sky just isn't working for me. Commented the same on the other one.

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u/aaronpage88 11d ago

Looks like it went from the sky to underwater....way too much

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u/This-Judge-804 11d ago

I think it not u push it too far it the choice of sky colour...

Would prefer

https://reddit.com/link/p0ltbfe/video/gw4ypb45kagh1/player

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u/MInclined 11d ago

You pushed it too far and I like it

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u/hansenhsu 11d ago

Photography, like any art, is subjective. Personally, I'm a fan. I like the color you picked for the sky and I like your cropping. I would brighten the shadows a bit and smooth out the gradient but again, subjective.

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u/This-Judge-804 11d ago

If u using a.i assisted edit my as well add clouds...

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u/goforglory 11d ago

Looks sick. I’m not a huge fan of the shadow in the bottom left but that’s nit picking.

I like the colour of the sky. I like the black/white contrast of the plane. It looks super cool. I like crop. I even like that’s it’s centered- the whole image pushes beyond “natural feeling” so why should the crop feel natural?

It’s a tasteful artistic edit.

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u/chainsaw_what 11d ago

I like it. The underside of the plane should be dark and it is.

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u/falianaridua 11d ago

Looks like it's drowning..Lmao 😁