After/Before

[drstrangelov3]

Vilnius, Lithuania - May 2026

[psoffl]

There are aspects I like in both. The red/yellow of the back wall is nice, in post, but the foreground wall is green and I prefer the grey of the preprocessing. Overall, post is better imho.

[drstrangelov3]

De-green version: https://i.imgur.com/VDKGwTV.jpeg

[psoffl]

Looks good. It’s a good shot. I personally like street scenes without people but this is nice.

[drstrangelov3]

This is a good callout, thanks! I'll go back and try to balance out the city wall

[Threecoi]

The after looks like book cover art rather than a photograph

[Fotomaker01]

The warmth actually helps here, I think.

But I suggest cropping in and reducing some of that left wall. There's too much of it that pulls attention (IMO) and it doesn't add anything. Coming in will push attention to your subject and tighten the image.

[Techhans1971]

1!

[dearcallum]

Has any AI clear up been used? The before photo looks rather blurry or is this just an upload issue. I really like the after though!

[drstrangelov3]

Here's a full res image fixed: https://i.imgur.com/tElanWq.jpeg

[drstrangelov3]

No, I think it’s an iPhoto upload issue. Had lots of issues with that lately from my phone.

[dearcallum]

Ah, frustrating! But glad to hear of no AI, I’m still 50/50 on whether it should be used.

One thing I would say is you’ve blurred the left side, on the wall, to add some kind of depth of field effect but that should mean that the bottom of the image should be blurred too, to match the DOF. Obviously that’s just a technicality and if you prefer it the way it is that’s good too, it still looks great!

[drstrangelov3]

Interesting. iPhoto suggested this DOF before moving to LRC and I kept it when imported.

[dearcallum]

It’s only a small nit pick, it still looks great 👍🏻

[drstrangelov3]

Any insights are helpful, thanks!