Image Editing/Post-Processing: Before and After's in here

oO Stevie Oo

oO Stevie Oo

oO Stevie Oo

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Ok, I have ruthlessly stolen this idea from another forum, so sue me, a good idea is a good idea.

I know i'm always looking for advice, so I thought others would be too.

I would love to see a thread where people would be willing to share images before, and after, editing (and possibly a brief description of what was done).

This thread could be of great help to those of us still learning (and still very interesting to the more seasoned photographers among us).

If you don't feel like listing the steps, then just a before and after will do.

I'll start :)

Only basic PP steps taken in lightroom and photoshop, adjusted exposure, blacks, recovery and vibrance, added gradient filter and a touch of vignetting, Exported to photoshop, lowered the car, cloned out the bottom left corner, added smart sharpen @ 200% and 2.0, added watermark... Done

Had to lower the car as it was horribly high lol

original:
IS200Original.jpg


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Lexus IS200 Motion Shot by Trackslide Photography ©, on Flickr
 
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^ I have to say I prefer the first shot. The second one is overdone. Maybe try just removing the head and more contrast.
 
Yeah contrast tends to be a quality killer
I would say perhaps tone down the grain and maybe pull back the blacks...

If you dont mind abit of c+c that is lol
 
The above photo is really lovely - but looking at the foreground bushes/branch to the right suggests you're doing more than manipulating the original?

I'd love to know what's happened here if you don't mind sharing: my best guess is a merge of a couple of photos? :)
 
Jingo... said:
The above photo is really lovely - but looking at the foreground bushes/branch to the right suggests you're doing more than manipulating the original?

I'd love to know what's happened here if you don't mind sharing: my best guess is a merge of a couple of photos? :)
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Thanks for compliment. :D

I've done nothing except move some sliders in Lightroom and resize it to make it the right proportion for my desktop wallpaper.

And it is from that single image but the original you above is a slight crop because I've exported it from Lightroom that way for some unknown reason.!:confused:
 
Okay a couple from me, firstly a portrait. This was a setup test shot (no composition etc) that was about to be binned until I noticed I had a fairly sharp capture of the models face.

Rotated/cropped, Exposure adjustments, background smoothed. Then onto facial updates, spots/creases/blemishes removed, skin smoothed, eyes/teeth whitened, increased eye sharpness and shin, added vibrancy/colour to the eye makeup.

LaurenPrePro01.jpg



TP Dark Alternative Shoot - Lauren 02 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr

Secondly and automotive one:-

MustangGTProcessing.jpg
 
Its definitely not a merge of 2 different shots.

This issue is the mushy bag of water sat between my chair and keyboard and it linking to the wrong bloody image. Doh.! :(

I've now corrected it, thanks for pointing it out guys. :D
 
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