From Dull to WOW #5: Restoring Detail and Depth in a Flat Underwater Scene
A flat underwater image can often be transformed by rebuilding detail, tonal depth, natural color, and subject separation in the right Lightroom workflow order. How to Bring Shape, Separation, and Dimension Back Into Your Underwater Photos Using Lightroom If you have been following this From Dull to WOW series, you already know that underwater photo editing is rarely about one magic slider. Sometimes the photo looks too blue. Sometimes the color is missing. Sometimes the subject looks lifeless. And sometimes, even after you correct the white balance and bring back some color, the image still feels flat. That is the problem we will tackle in this case study. This is one of the most common challenges I see with underwater images. The photo is not completely wrong. The exposure may be close. The white balance may be better than it was. The subject may even be interesting. But the image still lacks the depth, shape, or impact you remember from the dive. It looks like everything is s...
