N-Photo: the Nikon magazine

Optimize the impact

21 ENHANCE THE IMPACT OF YOUR IMAGE THROUGH POST-PROCESSING

This comes back to my first question, ‘Why am I taking this picture?’ The primary aim of your post-processing workflow should be to maximize the impact of your image and the effect that you’re looking to achieve.

It’s often a fine balance, but my starting point is to try to replicate what I saw with the naked eye. This is subjective,

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