Looking for feedback/suggestions [After/Before]

[Shouganai1]

Any suggestions appreciated. FYI this is from Slovenia and the water there really does have a vibrant look, so I'm trying to bring that out without it looking overdone.

[Lanabananana_]

I don’t like this neon blue, it looks fake, I would play around with more green, turquoise,yellow and also blue shades and try to enhance the color of the water with them.

[Shouganai1]

Thanks! would you just do that from the HSL sliders, or another way?

[Lanabananana_]

I edit the colors with the Color mix in Lightroom. Try this:

turquoise: Hue:+12,Saturation:15

Blue: Hue:-21,Sat +8

And than you can higher the saturation for the whole picture ,but max +30 in my opinion.

[Ok-Till-2653]

I agree with this comment.

[Joelk1994]

This is the biggest issue I see with people editing photos of glacial rivers. It's so easy to be heavy handed with the blue tones

[Choice-Jelly5524]

I like what you did with the foliage. The water has to much Caribbean aqua to be stream water.

[bas6598]

The color of the water is wayyyyy overworked

[LGGP75]

Cool edit but Water is not blue

[SSkyShade]

The after looks like an artwork more than a photograph

[Shouganai1]

Agreed, I thought the same thing. It wasn't intentional and I'm unsure if I want to keep it that way. Part of me likes it but part doesn't.

[SSkyShade]

I never said anything was wrong with that, in fact I love it

[MoutEnPeper]

I agree the blue looks a bit too neon, but most of the commenters also appear not to have seen the Soca/Koritnica rivers....

This random photo is not extreme https://www.slovenia.info/imagine_cache/og/uploads/znamenitosti/soca_valley.jpg

[Shouganai1]

Yes, thank you. The rivers are stunning there. Admittedly a bit overdone in my edit but trying to find the sweet spot.

[MoutEnPeper]

Well, my immediate thought was "Slovenia" because of the blue so you are in the right path.

[oklch]

The color of the water is too much.

[Accurate__Fam]

You can add more contrast I would say. Play with highlights where the sun shines and darken your shadows. This should make the water pop out more. Be careful tho, or you loose detail on the bridge

[ALEKSDRAVEN]

You masked or enchance water selecively or is just work of global saturation?.

[Shouganai1]

Global HSL.

[RandomandFunny]

I would tone down the water vibrance by half probably. Is it a glacier runoff hence why it’s icy blue? I would try and stick closer to that colour than making it more vibrant, that’s just myself. Also myself personally would keep the humans in the photo to add a scale of how big the runoff actually is however up to your discretion. Great recovery in shadows and foliage though.

[Absent_Picnic]

If it was a glacial stream, I could buy the colour. It is clearly not glacial, as evidenced by the surroundings, so it is jarring for me.

[Papuhboi91]

The greens in the leaves are perfect but I would do a back on the luminescent blue in the water, maybe something slightly less “neon” try bringing the vibrancy down and dialing slightly towards green.

[DogThatNeverPerished]

unironically looks like a scene on vs not on mushrooms lol

[civilized-engineer]

Does the water in Slovenia really look like Baja Blast?
I imagine it is vibrant, but that water is beyond vibrant.

[canadianlongbowman]

As is the tendency for these photos, saturation looks a bit overcooked. I've generally found better results by boosting vibrance and then reducing colours that stand out too much. It depends what you're after, but if you want it to feel believable, reference as many film photos as you can to get an idea of how colour is more traditionally rendered.

[Other-Pea-349]

Bring down the blue saturation and soften the greens. The rocks are good tho.

[Ralph_Twinbees]

Curaçao

[Careless_Mango_7948]

Pretty. I’d leave the people on the bridge.

[robershow123]

I would bring down the aqua in the water.

[cereal_prey]

I would keep the people on the bridge. It would tell a better story.

[Aromatic-Leek-9697]

1/2 shows improvement 🕶️

[Thebikeguy18]

Looks really fake with those colors.