It’s another Blind Photo Critique episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna reviewing everything from landscapes, astrophotography, and portraits to wildlife, travel, street photography, and more. They share practical tips for improving composition, choosing the right time of day to shoot, and using cropping, masking, and gradients to direct the viewer’s eye. Scott also demonstrates several Lightroom and Photoshop techniques, including fixing washed-out images, working with Lightroom’s lesser-known masking tools, creating a golden-hour look with color adjustments, and using Generative Expand to rescue a composition that was shot too tight. One lesson keeps coming up throughout the critiques: know what your subject is, remove what competes with it, and make every part of the frame work toward the image you want to create.

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