Making a lawn lush green
The exterior shot is often the first buyers see, and a scorched brown lawn is not a good first impression. A gentle refresh brings back the green that would have been there on a better day anyway.
A pale, dry lawn beside the same patch with a subtly fresher green.
Lawns rarely look as good as they could. Shot at midday in hard light, in late summer, or after weeks without rain, even a tidy lawn looks pale and dull. The camera makes it worse, since it often renders greens flat. A little more saturation and a slightly cooler green bring back what the eye would have seen on site.
Restraint is everything
It is tempting to push the slider hard, but a neon lawn looks fake instantly and breeds suspicion rather than desire. A believable green stays close to what a sunny spring day would realistically give you. Watch that the facade, paths and garden furniture do not pick up a green tint too.
The surroundings count
- Clear away watering cans, toys and the garden hose before you shoot.
- Shoot early morning or late afternoon, when the light is softer.
- Water bare patches beforehand, or pick an angle that does not emphasise them.
Where the line sits
Adjusting colour and saturation is allowed and needs no label, because you are showing the same lawn on a better day. It is another matter to grow over bare patches generatively, fill dead beds with flowers, or plant a hedge that does not exist. That changes the property, misleads buyers, and since August 2026 falls under the EU labelling rules for generated image content. Stick to refreshing, not inventing.