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Anonymous
hey guys do you like my waterfail? btw, how does i learn post-processing?!
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>> Anonymous
Oh geeze. Look at that exposure. For waterfall shots, you could take two photos- one of the water to get the flowing effect and one of the scenery using normal settings.
Then put them together in an image program.

As for post processing, most people use photoshop because it is powerful and versatile, but it can be confusing and overwhelming for beginners. I use Microsoft Digital Image Suite since it can do basically everything in photoshop related to photography but much quicker.
>> Anonymous
Play around with Canon's included DPP, it's decent for learning if you dont have photoshoop handy. Play around with the different sliders and curve controls, it's a good start. Also, for learning, you might want to try starting out with a .raw image, since they'll give you a lot more flexibility for this sort of thing.


You wont be able to recover that much white down there if that's what you're thinking : [

You could have possibly used a more underexposed image (could have used ISO 100 instead of 200 for instance) to produce a more useful image for postprocessing.
>> Anonymous
>>167068
Or you could stop down and/or use a neutral density filter. Takes a whole lot less time and effort and produces better results.
>> Anonymous
>>167085
Goddamn, you beat me.
>> Anonymous
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>>167068
I'll just post 2 originals and see if anyone can fix this failure. I've learned since taking this photo how to fix the problem while shooting but post processing is still a pain sometimes because I'm not sure what to look for in good photos. I've read a ton of articles online but a lot of stuff is still over my head. Since taking these I have only been shooting in RAW and that seems to be helping me fix my mistakes out in the field.

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>> Anonymous
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>>167094

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>> Anonymous
>>167094
The thing that's hurting this photo the most isn't a lack of post processing or a mastery of camera controls, it's bad lighting. Lighting is the most important aspect of landscape photography and also the one that takes people the longest to get a handle on.
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
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Darker exposure on a layer above the lighter exposure, fading layer masks at the top and bottom plus minor levels/colour balance and sharpening.
>> Sicko !L3HRY/miC.
>>167115

Actually looking between this and OP I prefer the OP, the overexposure gives it a dreamier look.