How do you make your awesome shots look really great ?

[mljoy]

Hello to all drone-enthusiasts,

I have a question for you.
How do you edit the great photos you took with your drone to make them look really great?
Which programs do you use for improvement ?

Any feedback very much appreciated.

cheers

 

[BD0G]

Shoot Multiple Exposures using AEB Mode. Shoot either 3 shot AEB or 5 Shot.

Then combine those shots into one using Aurora HDR. Adjust settings to make images look stellar!

 

[Meta4]

How do you edit the great photos you took with your drone to make them look really great?

It helps to start with a great photograph and that means considering lighting and exposure when you are flying.
There's a lot you can do in Photoshop but putting lipstick on a pig usually doesn't make a great image out of a bad photo.

 

[Rezzmo]

 

[mljoy]

thanks to all of your replies so far.
(I wonder how you made the pig stand still while the drone took the photo)
Anyway - are there any basics you apply to your photo to make it look much better ? And if yes which software are you using ?

Actually I want to focus on taking these special ontime shots. Thats´s already more than enough I can manage in my spare time. I don´t want to spend additional time in learning any complex photo-software to make my photo look better.

 

[BD0G]

Well the long and the short of it is the shots that you see that really stand out are all post processed. They make post processing software for a reason. To correct levels of exposure, contrast, color tones, hue, saturation , to remove aberrations , crop , straighten, retouch.

 

[mljoy]

Thanks for your answer.
Looks like a complex task to make the single shots look great.
Is there any simple recipe to apply to raw-photos to be used with which software ?
Any recommendation very much appreciated.

 

[BD0G]

See Post #2 above. Its not so complex after you develop a work flow that you can stick to. It almost becomes second nature.

 

[mljoy]

See Post #2 above. Its not so complex after you develop a work flow that you can stick to. It almost becomes second nature.

I need to come backto this one.
This workflow which steps would it include using your software ? Do you apply a basic workflow to all of your photos ? E.g. Increase contrast by plus 3 , lower contrast by 2. those kind of basics I believe are done by the „Air Magic“ application probably with some kind of smart conditional logic behind the scene.