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Do you have experiences to take backlit photos? You went to tourist destinations and faced the sun? You had to take backlit photos…
Don’t worry! I purchased a lovely pumpkin parfait with chocolate decorations a bit before. Unfortunately, I had to take a backlit photo. Look at the photo below. It’s dark! However, I would like to tell you that you can still improve such a backlit photo using basic functions on Instagram app.
The photo is dark especially around the parfait. So the brightness level needs to be increased. First, let us incerase the brightness level in dark area. It is easy to do it using SHADOW function. It can increase the brightness in dark area.
I moved the slider of SHADOW function in the positive direction, so the brightness of dark area became brighter.
The brightness level around the parfait was increased. But, the parfait is still dark. So I tried to increase the brightness using BRIGHTNESS function as much as I could.
The BRIGHTNESS function can either increase or decrease the brightness level .
I moved the slider of BRIGHTNESS function to increase the brightness of the parfait.
The parfait became brilliant! All areas became brighter.
As I often say, if you increase brightness, increase color.
I increased the slider of SATURATION function in the positive direction to increase color.
DONE ! Let us compare the original with the edited one.
Usually, such a backlit photo is dark and also has a contrast. You can boost up the brightness of dark area using SHADOW and BRIGHTNESS and functions then adjust color using SATURATION.
There are many ways of editing such a backlit photo. Usually, such a photo has a contrast. Let us just add a shine to this photo.
I moved the slider of HIGHLIGHT functin in the positive direction to increase the brightness level of the brightest area.
Let us compare. The brightest area: the reflection on the river, clouds and the ground became brighter. Only the brightest area can be fine-tuned easily.
You can also brighten or fine-tune your backlit photo using such basic functions.
Hope your help improve your photos!
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