It’s nice to read, that you like my photos. Anyway they are usually a good part away from perfection. So there is always room for improvement (and often more than I would like to see).
On the other hand, improvement is not necessary. I usually post here my pics for getting inspirations. It’s always good to see different approaches to keep your mind open to other point of views.
So even if my edits would be perfect. Two perfect edits of a photo can look verrrrrry different.
@CyberTimon for example showed me that there are other FOSS RAW developer software packages apart from dt and RT. And he showed a different yet very pleasant colour grading.
@dqpcoxeas showed my that I can use dt as well for creative work and don’t necessarily need Gimp or gmic for that.
@lylejk is allways showing the capabilities of gmic - and unfortunately, that I should work more with it
Conclusion for me, next time I just offer the RAW and doesn’t show my edit. I still can do that later on.
Well there is not much valuable information in the crushed black areas. So nothing is lost. In fact I think I should deepen my shadows a bit more on this picture.
Indeed. Anyway, I love contrasts and contrasts are part of my style.
But on this picture the contrasts in the Highlights were to harsh I think. This came in first line from a all in all to bright render. So I reworked my initial edit a bit. So here is my final edit (now with a frame):
