B & W help for a darktable beginner

Thank you for showing me how to develop that blurry photo into a black-and-white image


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My quick edit. I don’t do a lot of B/W. I wanted to keep the background misty looking.
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Same opinion as my colleague, @Terry

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Thx!

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thx!

Why does it have to be monochrome?
I find a dimmed palette quite nice on this pic.


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Yes, you are wright, it is nice and possible. But i am a fan of monochrome and want learn this sort of exploration
Thx anyway

Hi,
I don’t use darktable, I use ART instead. And I develop in NB fairly regularly.
Here is my proposal.

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Another one, another direction:


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Thx
Yes, that’s one option, especially cropping out the mountains in the background.
I’ve just spotted a blemish above the swan

Went towards toe low key side. :slight_smile:

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Yeah, that really brings out the contrast and highlights the two creatures on the shared platform. Thanks!

Could you please attach the XML file so I can see how you’re doing it?

Used G’MIC’s dehaze and some additional cleanup work for the result. Usually only use DT to convert the raw file to png. :slight_smile: