??? You mean the non-AI capture sharpening in the demosaic module?
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glorious scene and great capture ! that said I find the sharpening/contrast management a little bit distracting, particularly at the top of the tree line.
Hereâs one for Christmas 2025, lights on a pond at the âPassendale Museumâ in Zonnebeke near Ypres.
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I donât think capture sharpening would have had quite that much effectâŠ
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No, sorry, I made a joke. It was two different pictures taken!
Ah sorry, I didnât jump back to the previous posts. Coffee not fully absorbed, yet. 
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Note to self:
When taking long exposure shots, make sure the tripod is on solid groundâŠotherwise you get UCM (unintentional camera movement)! 
Second note to self:
Crop it in close enough, and maybe it will look like ICM (intentional camera movement)? 
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I love the motion blur in the pedestrian. The more I look, the more I really like this image! Kudos!
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Thanks. It was the only keeper. Stood there for quite a while waiting for the odd passerby but either I failed to level the camera, or they didnât stand out against the building.
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I think the effect is pretty cool 
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It still looks extremely sharpened to my eyes. Having said that, I actually quite like the effect in the original picture. Maybe not the most natural looking, but it looks quite artistic.
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Yesterday, at the ZĂŒrich Opera. They have an âadvent calendarâ, every evening playing a few (not too serious) pieces in the entrance hall. Nothing grand, about 20 minutes.
And then, of course everyone enjoyed the lights and food:
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I have a corollary maxim, when you are using a tripod on a beach, make sure one leg isnât on wet sand. Otherwise, you will have to spend days cleaning salt and sand grains out of your equipment.
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Ouch! Iâve had a few close calls with the tripod and camera nearly in the drink, but have avoided that and the sand so far. Knock on wood.
RĂ©flections on Strasbourgâs station. Image obtained with the Darktable composite module, among others.
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Had some time this morning to go experiment with panning. The âlessons learnedâ from last time around seem to have been (to borrow a phrase) hallucinations. Non-veridical. Bullshit. 
Oh wellâŠI got two images which were not complete wastes of SD card writes. I went with very different looks for each.
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@ataraxicShrug I really like both of those, well done! I especially like the ripples in the lake, and Iâd say that panning shot is extremely successful. Was the tight crop along the vertical edge a deliberate choice?
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Yes. I tried cropping to leave room âto breathâ on camera left. It was ok but it made it more an image of geese, which I do not have the detail to support imo. Running the edge of the frame super tight made it feel like the emphasis was on the implied line as opposed to the birdsâŠIf that makes any sense.
Hopefully I am not going full tilt into the post-hoc rationalization in âartâ speak.
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