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#8301143 - 07/23/15 09:00 AM Before and After - Post up 2 of yours!
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I thought it'd be cool if we could see some before/afters of each others edits. In an effort to avoid reposting tons of photos into one post, just select two pictures and post the before and after of each. Any comments/criticisms are welcome!

My edits are all done in Lightroom.

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France 2015 by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

After
DSC_2132.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

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Before
France 2015 by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

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DSC_1863.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr
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#8301201 - 07/23/15 09:38 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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I like #2... #1 is really over saturated.

Great thread idea, I love seeing the magic some of these guys do in post (Nate, Fil, etc etc).
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#8301376 - 07/23/15 11:11 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: LNXGUY]
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here's a quickie iPhone shot, edited on snapseed/vsco


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#8301997 - 07/23/15 05:23 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: busfare]
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I'm just here to say that I love Snapseed.
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#8302020 - 07/23/15 05:44 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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I gotta thank busfare for the snapseed suggestion, what a killer app!
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#8302245 - 07/23/15 09:56 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: LNXGUY]
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#8304241 - 07/25/15 12:54 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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 Originally Posted By: 2000CivicStud
I thought it'd be cool if we could see some before/afters of each others edits. In an effort to avoid reposting tons of photos into one post, just select two pictures and post the before and after of each. Any comments/criticisms are welcome!

My edits are all done in Lightroom.

Before
France 2015 by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

After
DSC_2132.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

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Before
France 2015 by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

After
DSC_1863.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

Your first before/after, the before is 10x better than your edit.

The 2nd one, I like the B&W edit, but still really like the before.

CN: don't overdo the editing

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#8304282 - 07/25/15 02:03 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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France 2015 by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

Before:
DSC_2132.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

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My 2 minute edit. I wish I had the RAW as JPEG color correction fucking sucks in LR. I think you went a bit too far with things, although I probably went a bit too far with other things...

edit - if I were to keep that, I'd use PS and some content aware to remove the people in the background. Fuck them \:D .


Edited by Murder (07/25/15 02:05 PM)
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#8304433 - 07/25/15 06:24 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Huggy]
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I'd just crop them out.
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#8304493 - 07/25/15 07:31 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Kierf]
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 Originally Posted By: Kierf - ¿§?
I'd just crop them out.


Good point. Let the castle fill the background.
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#8304549 - 07/25/15 08:40 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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Yup.

Like this.


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#8304555 - 07/25/15 08:46 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Kierf]
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#8304596 - 07/25/15 10:21 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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i don't like that crop... you lose some clouds/sky, it's not an attractive aspect ratio, just doesn't seem like a balanced image.
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#8304609 - 07/25/15 10:31 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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How many photographers does it take to change a lightbulb?


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All of them. One to change the bulb, the rest to say how they'd have done it differently.
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#8304740 - 07/26/15 01:14 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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 Originally Posted By: salty
i don't like that crop... you lose some clouds/sky, it's not an attractive aspect ratio, just doesn't seem like a balanced image.
Hey! I just took a screen shot and that was it. Shift + command + 4, boom. Done.

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#8306937 - 07/27/15 11:30 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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 Originally Posted By: scootergeek
How many photographers does it take to change a lightbulb?


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All of them. One to change the bulb, the rest to say how they'd have done it differently.


Not sure if this is directed at me since you guys are the ones changing the dudes pic to begin with?

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#8307215 - 07/28/15 09:26 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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 Originally Posted By: salty
 Originally Posted By: scootergeek
How many photographers does it take to change a lightbulb?


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All of them. One to change the bulb, the rest to say how they'd have done it differently.


Not sure if this is directed at me since you guys are the ones changing the dudes pic to begin with?


Lighten up Francis.
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#8307630 - 07/28/15 12:28 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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#8308727 - 07/28/15 09:43 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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Seriously? Stripes reference missed?

There's a reason I said all of them. Everybody seasons to taste differently.
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#8308821 - 07/28/15 11:14 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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no i get the reference. the was for you feeling that you needed to use it. it was just a question. no one was upset.
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#8309199 - 07/29/15 09:34 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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 Originally Posted By: salty
no i get the reference. the was for you feeling that you needed to use it. it was just a question. no one was upset.


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#8309569 - 07/29/15 12:40 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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#8309738 - 07/29/15 02:05 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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 Originally Posted By: salty
i don't like that crop... you lose some clouds/sky, it's not an attractive aspect ratio, just doesn't seem like a balanced image.

I agree, and now the image looks warmer. I generally prefer a cooler white, but that's my preference.

I always try to keep the original aspect ratio where possible. People in that background don't bother me either. Something maybe a little cloning could take care of if it does bother you though.

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#8310239 - 07/29/15 07:07 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: Sir Salty A F]
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K. Bro hug, fist bump.


<3
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#8313066 - 07/31/15 06:51 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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 Originally Posted By: scootergeek




As someone who does literally 0 editing. How is this even possible?

Can you guys explain a bit of what you did to the photo?
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#8313500 - 08/01/15 11:23 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: rcurley55]
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#8313965 - 08/01/15 10:06 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: rcurley55]
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As someone who does literally 0 editing. How is this even possible?

Can you guys explain a bit of what you did to the photo?


I shot the bison in RAW and that gave me a ton of latitude in Adobe Camera Raw to bring up the exposure on the bits that were too dark and to tweak the colors into something that caught the mood of the moment better (essentially less blue, more yellow). Just checked the PSD file (where I saved with all the layers in PhotoShop). Essentially the background is one layer, the V shaped tree is another and the bison is a third, with 2 adjustment layers acting on the bison to get the shadows and highlights and sharpness just right (or just right to my tastes - others may have done differently).
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#8319664 - 08/06/15 10:54 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: scootergeek]
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Here's the Before/After of my lightning shot at the Reds' game.

DSC_2633.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr

After:
DSC_2633-2.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr
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#8319766 - 08/06/15 11:29 AM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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Very cool!!

(Horizon is a bit off tho)

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#8319919 - 08/06/15 12:18 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: busfare]
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I couldn't figure out the best angle for that photo. I'm open to suggestions. I don't think it looks bad as is but what would you recommend?
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#8320466 - 08/06/15 05:30 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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Were you just firing off a bunch of shots at 1/30ish or so just hoping to grab some lighting because I don't see any camera shake or motion blur of players. I know at that distance, you won't get much motion blur as long as you keep it under a second shutter speed.

Good capture.

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#8320537 - 08/06/15 06:34 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 01Ryan10]
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I agree, I like it a lot too.

I'm also wondering how you got so much lightning in such a fast shutter speed.

I'm kind of surprised that they let a DSLR into a major league baseball game.

Nice capture though, awesome!

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#8320551 - 08/06/15 06:44 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: ewraven]
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Yep, I was just shooting pics and reviewed them at home. I definitely got lucky in the capture. It was a WICKED storm and the sky was on fire with lightning.
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#8320633 - 08/06/15 08:02 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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Did another edit...not sure which I like better.

DSC_2633-2.jpg by Matt Proudfit, on Flickr
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#8320903 - 08/06/15 09:58 PM Re: Before and After - Post up 2 of yours! [Re: 2000CheetahStud]
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Desaturated is better than B&W in this instance, imo. YMMV.
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