r/postprocessing • u/ThePinda • 2d ago

After/before

Gallery image

Gallery image

Taken with a Sony a6100 + Sigma 18-50mm lens. Edited in Lightroom Classic

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u/johngpt5 2d ago edited 2d ago

The bringing back of detail in the sky mask followed by a radial gradient at the left edge really does look as u/LeggoMyLegoLegolas- described, a nuclear blast.

You might consider backing off the sliders in the sky mask.

I think what you've done accentuating light and warmth on the mesa surfaces i great.

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u/ThePinda 1d ago

This is helpful feedback, thank you - there actually isn't a radial mask in the top left but the fact it looks like one is a helpful learning

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u/Bob_loblaw_logblog 2d ago

Unfortunately overexposed sky is one of the toughest things to recover- in the future expose the shot for the brightest light source and you will be able to recover the same foreground detail and color in Lr

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u/LeggoMyLegoLegolas- 2d ago

I think the sunlight ends too abruptly. Looks like a nuke going off haha

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u/idk_what_to_put_lmao 2d ago

Wow, I would have thought the original wasn't serviceable. Sometimes editing really shocks me