Another Ocean Scene

I’ve never been totally happy with any color version so I decided to go B&W. Good luck.

2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF (26.2 MB)
2022-02-21_08-55-03_01.NEF.xmp (16.8 KB)

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Very nice image to work with. Thanks!


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Thank you. I just moved to Darktable a few months ago and have been busy reprocessing many of my photos. Can’t believe how powerful the program is.

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Dt. 4.8.1


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RawTherapee 5.10


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A great photo that I think lends itself to a fairly dramatic rendering. Thanks for sharing.

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Darktable 4.8.0

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My version…

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I immediately knew when first editing this yesterday that I would keep at it and post a second version soon.
This one I developed as two layers in RT5.10, one as a base layer for the overall image (where I further shifted the WB up from the very blue camera value and increased the contrasts) and one exposed for the rocks.
Then I blended the rocks from the brighter layer into the base layer with GIMP to bring back some texture to the rocks. Not a very sophisticated edit but imho this could well serve as a way marker for any further edits I’d do.

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2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp (22.8 KB)

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I love the cooler bluish mood of the original very much. SO my first try is keeping it.

file:///home/darkstar/Downloads/2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp

The second edit is as well amore burning one:


2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp (27,3 KB)

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The second edit is as well amore burning one

“amore” indeed :heart_eyes: :pinched_fingers:

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With ART 1.23


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Greetings. Roberto

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Another a little bit darker set:

Absurd colours:


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No colours:


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So I had to make a darker one as well…

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ART with some touchup in GIMP


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With the help of G’MIC’s B/W Emboss. :slight_smile:

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DT 4.8.1 experimental.
Trying to keep the smooth gradient of the clouds and sheen of the near water while keeping the surf noisy.


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The best I could do on this lap-potato. I’m saving up for a pc with dedicated gpu so I will try again because this is an amazing shot.
Another Ocean Scene.NEF.xmp (21.5 KB)

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