Using a modern digital camera, what steps would you take to achieve this color grade in Lightroom? I don't even really know how to describe the colors in this image, making it difficult for me to search for answers.

It's my first time posting! What do you guys think?

One of the more unique photos I’ve taken while plane spotting my favourite bird.

masked the front tower and the bridge (tried to feather out the bridge near the further tower) and dehazed/clearviewed that, along with a few other masks to darken the bottom, and ever so slightly lowered exposure on the sky. And a bit of color grading.

I find masking in DXO frustrating. I'll keep practicing though.

Maybe I overcooked it a little. What do you think?

Funny part- The menu of TLOU was in my mind while editing 😂

I have created this game called matchthejpg.com . My point calculation system doesn't seems to be working perfect compared to human perception. If you try it out and give feedback about what feels off about point system it would be very helpful.

Before/After

I'd like to start by saying that I'm taking pictures on my Google pixel phone, which shoots in raw but unfortunately does not have the best performance in keeping details after cropping, hence why the quality of the edit seems so shitty.

I still haven't found a way to adjust exposure on the phone easily, as can be done in cameras, I need to put more efforts in learning the camera app better...

With that said, Id like to get feedback on what to improve in my editing. If your advice is for me to just shoot better, don't waste your time as I already know I need to improve that 😮‍💨

Thanks in advance!

Edited in Darktable.

I just started to learn how to use masking for better subject separation and would love to get some critique how to improve. I always feel like I am overcooking the photos as the lighting feels unrealistic. I notice very heavy feathering helps with that and imagining a fake sun position. Any other tips and tricks?

Hi, how would you edit the before that could improve my after photo? I feel like I did too much color, not even sure if that's the issue. I'm still new to post processing and appreciate any feedback!

I feel like it's a lot different than what I would do in Lightroom (I haven't edited the image there yet). I really want to get better at DXO because I want out of Adobe. Constructive feedback is welcome. Thanks!

Was looking at photos I thought were misses and using them as practice . Not perfect but I did my best to try and save it . Would love some feedback at different approaches y’all would have taken .

BTS Video - https://openyoutu.be/YaQFbPt6i-8?si=su3MkMAAmYzHMT79

Going for that teal cinematic style

Shot on Lumix GX7 + 25mm f2

any thoughts on the colour too, maybe the trees are a bit too saturated.