Looking to see what people’s thoughts are on HSL sliders/white balance. Just started getting into wildlife/birding. I’d like to keep my editing to competition standards, so keep it as true as I can with minimal editing, but how much HSL/WB is too much?
Image I have linked is both raw out of camera and my edited version. No manipulation done outside of crop, HSL/WB exposure highlights shadows, the usual. But is that much warmth too much? It was taken 40ish minutes before sunset, so I tried to give it the dreamy sunset vibe, but maybe it’s overdone.
I enjoy how the final edit turned out, but is it not “pure” enough for say photo competition standards? I’d like to stay on those standards as I keep getting into it and get pictures I’d like to submit at some point.
Lovely shot, I don’t think it’s too much. You could have cranked up the wb in camera as well, so I don’t see a problem. Saying that I have never entered a photo competition, so I don’t know what their general opinion is.
Thanks that’s a little reassuring. I did read up on some rules, mainly Natural History Museum’s rules, which was lengthy but didn’t seem to explicitly mention use of WB/HSL, so I think something to this extent is fine? Guess it’s just something I play around with as I get more involved with the wildlife shooting scene. It’s a pretty new area of photography I’ve never done before