Struggling a little with the harsh lighting in this, was curious to see how others would tackle it.
PA310016.ORF (14.0 MB)
My attempt with darktable 3.2:
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PA310016-1.jpg.out.pp3 (11.5 KB)
IMO it’s very tricky not to overwhelm those delicate blue tones, I’ve used a negative vignette and then an angled grad and am including a before and after image for grad.
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Pretty image you have there.
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I had an idea, this is very “western” audience oriented as we read from right to left, but moving the leading line to go from bottom to top, to my mind ends with the berries rather than the eye leaving the frame.
PA310016-2-1.jpg.out.pp3 (11.5 KB)
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While a good idea, my brain is trying to parse the growth direction.
who’s to say that this wasn’t a lower branch weighed down with berries?
I really like this photo. The focused branch pops out, like 3D.
darktable 3.2.1
PA310016.ORF.xmp (5.7 KB)
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I think this is my favorite so far, you managed to get the berries to a nice brightness without the other highlights looking unnatural
berries.orf.pp3 (16.0 KB)
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Nice image to work on. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks ! I set the exposure first and then tweaked filmic.
Using your xmp I get this:
Turning off local contrast 2 I get this:
I am using dt3.3, but maybe not your update:
darktable-3.3.0+1407~gb5ac3dc25-win64.exe.
You might even be using Linux.
