Post your 'Before' & 'After' Post Processing pictures

[SamPaul]

Like it or not, I think post processing is very important to make the picture look nicer. However, it is not just about how to use the tools in the software, but also ideas in presenting the mode you want it to be. Like many other newbies, I know how to use some of the basic tools in photoshop but I hope to learn more. I think it’ll be good to learn from the experts here & get to see the pictures ‘before’ & ‘after’ the PP (Although some only believed in showing the best). Anyone willing to share? To kick start, I will post the 1st picture & hope to see more…

Before:

After:

 

[SamPaul]

So, 89 ppl has viewed but nobody wants to share?

 

[naynoy]

So, 89 ppl has viewed but nobody wants to share?

i was wondering why you removed the items floating on the water since the one with it looks better than the edited one?

 

[chiangkxv]

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After:

 

[flipfreak]

Like it or not, I think post processing is very important to make the picture look nicer. However, it is not just about how to use the tools in the software, but also ideas in presenting the mode you want it to be. Like many other newbies, I know how to use some of the basic tools in photoshop but I hope to learn more. I think it’ll be good to learn from the experts here & get to see the pictures ‘before’ & ‘after’ the PP (Although some only believed in showing the best). Anyone willing to share? To kick start, I will post the 1st picture & hope to see more…

Before:

After:

u do realise the water looks very fake after you have cleaned it up?

 

[SamPaul]

i was wondering why you removed the items floating on the water since the one with it looks better than the edited one?

So, u prefer the orig.? I just feel that it's too dirty & very distracting...

u do realise the water looks very fake after you have cleaned it up?

Yea...u got a point! Didn't realise it...Thank you..

 

[SamPaul]

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After:

This is beautiful...:thumbsup:even before PP...

 

[limwhow]

Hello SamPaul.
I think everyone would PP their shots differently.
The vegetation on the surface of the water is no doubt distracting.
If I were to do it, I'd probably just burn them in a little bit and desaturate their Green/Yellow so that they fade more into the water rather than removing them totally.
Ah... but just my suggestion only.

 

[flipfreak]

So, u prefer the orig.? I just feel that it's too dirty & very distracting...



Yea...u got a point! Didn't realise it...Thank you..

i thought the original looks fine. but its your photo.

did some quick editing to your "after" shot.

 

[RebelXsii]

i thought the original looks fine. but its your photo.

did some quick editing to your "after" shot.

This i find it more or rather very natural, if i didn't see the picture before edit, i would believe it's str away raw from the the camera. nice work.

 

[Ah_K]

I did some blog posts on "before and after" a while back.
here's some images to share

 

[Ah_K]

 

[CamInit]

Well, some shots are practically unusable without pp.

Aerial shot out of plane window

Before shot in RAW and after adjustment in LR3. I think what my eyes saw was actually much closer to the "before" than the "after", so much for trying to recreate what the eyes see.

 

[flipfreak]

Well, some shots are practically unusable without pp.

Aerial shot out of plane window

Before shot in RAW and after adjustment in LR3. I think what my eyes saw was actually much closer to the "before" than the "after", so much for trying to recreate what the eyes see.

nice one. :thumbsup:

 

[chiangkxv]

This is beautiful...:thumbsup:even before PP...

Hi SamPaul. Thank you for your kind words..

Lighting was good. So the picture turn out favorable.

 

[chiangkxv]

Well, some shots are practically unusable without pp.

Aerial shot out of plane window

Before shot in RAW and after adjustment in LR3. I think what my eyes saw was actually much closer to the "before" than the "after", so much for trying to recreate what the eyes see.

:bigeyes:

What were the adjustment made? Seems like quite alot of effort was put into pp.

 

[sinned79]

i was wondering why you removed the items floating on the water since the one with it looks better than the edited one?

agreed... the edited one the water looks fake already

 

[sinned79]

Here's mine.

This photo shot with a ND filter around 3pm+ (not an ideal time to shoot actually).

Aim: To make a film like vintage photo (my style).

Before:

The ND filter gives off a color cast which needs to be corrected.

After:

Process:
- On Canon DPP
1. I corrected the white balance to correct the color cast.
2. Played with curves.

- On Lightroom
1. Did some tweaking and add heavy grains.

 

[mayhemics]

"auto levels" per se would have instantly brought the image reasonably close to this final product, but obviously anything "auto" means you lose a lot of the control over the details...

 

[mabmy]

Well though not much but let me share mine as well.

Before:

After: