Colour grading For this shot I dropped the green and blue saturation just a little bit and increased the yellow saturation.

Here I wanted to apply a subtle dreamy look for which I decreased the clarity and texture.ģ. Another, bigger one was added in the upper centre of the photo. Since I wanted to brighten up this area, I increased the whites and added a bit of clarity. A smaller one was added over the bright area on the left side to add a subtle glow effect by increasing the blacks. Besides increasing the contrast, I also increased the clarity. Local Adjustments First, I applied a graduated filter on the foreground on which I wanted more contrast and bring out the reflection in the water some more. For this shot I also decided to increase the vibrance and saturation a little bit just to have stronger colours throughout the picture.Ģ. In this case I let Lightroom adjust all the exposure settings automatically since it did a great job and it gave me a good base to work with (basically means I didn’t have to adjust highlights / shadows etc). Basic adjustments As this is an HDR photo, I first merged the bracketed shots in Lightroom (by selecting the series, right clicking on the thumbnail, photo merge, HDR). For the most part of the post processing I was using Adobe Lightroom Classic but finished the editing in Photoshop where I applied some more heavy glow and a few nik collection filters.ġ. Since it’s a scene with a ton of contrast (very strong highlights, dark shadows) I captured a bracketed photo series to be able to create an HDR photo with a higher dynamic range. At first, I wasn’t sure about editing this photo since it didn’t look that good to me, but I decided to give it a try.

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