A little challenge

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

Here’s a little challenge for you.

Several things:

1. It’s overexposed, since I didn’t have time to dial in the exposure.
2. This also means the right part of the bridge is hazy and low-contrast.
3. The sun got in the lens, which caused color casts near the left pillar, above the boat (bridge and building).
4. There’s a purple lens flare near the bottom left corner.

Camera JPEG:

RAW:
2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2 (27.8 MB)

B&W attempt:

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[david]

I always enjoy a challenge! My play in GIMP. I tried to bring out the faint rainbow, just for the fun of it.

[Nathan_Crabtree]

[Claes]

Hallojsa!

Phuiiii, This was difficult!
Here’s my best attempt, so far:

Nyhavn, ik’?

Mvh
Claes fra Lund, Sverige

[sovereign (Matteo Costa)]

dt 4.2

• Right gradient mask to equalize the luminosity
• Left gradient mask to equalize the saturation
• One dedicated mask for the pillar
• Lots of small color RGB adjustments
• Blown highlights: trade off
• Cropped to remove the purple lens flare

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (15,3 KB)

[Zbyma72age]

My fun GIMP_L-a-b

[DefLeppard]

My try with RT

[priort (Todd Prior)]

Cheated a bit…

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (21.3 KB)
Used sky from ON1 with watermark module… not sure I can share the sky but subst any sky you have in watermark and it should render …

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

@Claes

Nyhavn, ik’?

Indeed.

My final version:

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (11.5 KB)

Darktable with Sigmoid. Think I managed it pretty well.

[fireball]

Hi, this is my version using the new sigmoid display transform module. It works well with overexposed areas. Maybe because it desaturates the highlights more?

Tonecurve & color look up table are from the ClassicChrome style from Do you want a straight out of camera JPEG style in darktable? Here we help each other - #85 by herbert-50

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (29.9 KB)

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

That looks fairly similar to my first attempt, where, without meaning to, I ended up with something very close to the camera jpeg.

The closer crop you have does improve the composition.

[Nathan_Crabtree]

Had no idea you could do that, it does a good job of it.

[dqpcoxeas]

My version…

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (17.4 KB)

[g-man]

Per our conversation in matrix, this was not a little challenge.

I think the focus of the image should be the rowing, so I chose not to even try to recover the sky. The water closer to the camera is also not that interesting, therefore the cropping.

[vbs (Bojidar Bojkov)]

@g-man

Per our conversation in matrix, this was not a little challenge.

I like this approach! The challenge was quite an up hill one I simply gave up.

[priort (Todd Prior)]

I just cheated and replaced the sky it was too far gone…

[vbs (Bojidar Bojkov)]

Haven’t tried drastic replacement like this but it is certainly an interesting approach utilizing the watermark. There maybe other good uses of it too.

Indeed when I first looked at it my reaction was wow - how did you do it?

[vbs (Bojidar Bojkov)]

@Donatzsky

Darktable with Sigmoid. Think I managed it pretty well.

Given the starting point this is very good indeed!

[priort (Todd Prior)]

For the water it was some quick and dirty cloning and then just mask the sky and use the watermark. I have used it before… The mask can usually be pretty convincing…

[qmpel (blends colors 🎨)]

Yeah, the image is a bit blown nice challenge, thank you

2022-12-27t12-14-00_2202.cr2.xmp (13.0 KB)