Where can I find RAW files with before-and-after post-processing examples?
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I’d like to improve my post-processing by practicing on original RAW files and comparing my results with a finished edit. Are there any sites or communities that share professional or high-quality photos along with the original RAW file and the final processed version, so I can study the differences and try editing the files myself?
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I don't know that there are many places where you can find what you are looking for. Every so often, BirdPhotographers.net has a thread where someone uploads a RAW file of a bird, and everyone can download it, apply their own edits, and have their version critiqued by the members. I am not sure if that is what you are looking for, or whether bird photography fits the kind of photography you are looking for...but it might be one of very few sources for exactly what you are looking for.
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There do not seem to be many places that offer exactly this. One community example mentioned is BirdPhotographers.net, which sometimes hosts threads where a member uploads a bird RAW file for others to download, edit, and then submit for critique. That can give you both practice with the original file and a way to compare different processing approaches.
If bird photography is relevant to you, that may be one of the closer matches to what you want. More broadly, opportunities like this are usually found in community critique or editing challenge threads rather than in large tutorial libraries with paired RAW and final images.
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