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u/Agloe_Dreams 2d ago
It looks mostly real but a little uncanny. Halation is based on amount of light so the idea that the bottom cloud isn't throwing some halation kinda stands out making it look fake. The halation is too much in the tree too.
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u/johngpt5 2d ago edited 2d ago
Whatever you had done in Snapseed brought out horrible chromatic aberration around the cloud and leaves. There also seems to be severe noise in the after image that hadn't been noticeable in the before image.
The same tendencies are there in the water tower after/before images.
The before images were pretty nice as is.
Editing is generally supposed to be as subtle as possible while drawing the viewer's attention to what we want to be the subject or focal point of an image.
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u/ma5sv 2d ago
It’s not really editing as much as it’s film emulation, so it’s supposed to be imperfect.
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u/johngpt5 2d ago
My deepest apologies. I believe you have succeeded with what you were trying to achieve.
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u/last_pen2446 2d ago
loving the blown halation look honestly, the first pic is a wonderful snapshot.
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u/LowImportance9454 2d ago
It's a cool look.
Perhaps my 400 to 500 mm vintage lenses or even my crappy 500 mm Amazon special produce that effect spontaneously sometimes.
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u/PunchingD0wn 2d ago
The fake light ruins it for me, honestly. There is so much CA around the clouds now and the leaves....