Cherry Blossoms

I can’t make it down to the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, but there are plenty of cherry blossoms in my neighborhood to photograph. Here’s one attempt… I had to work to strike the right balance of detail against the soft paper of the petals. I’d like to see what you can do with it!
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I always seem to make them too dark. Here’s another version, brightened a bit with the RGB Curves tool:IMG_0973.CR2.xmp (8.3 KB) IMG_0973_02

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Spring!


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revisiting this on my calibrated monitor, tells me that this version might look somewhat better:


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Yeah, spring is in the air. I don’t mind having a break from all the rain, wind and general bad weather :sunny:


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Keeping all that white natural makes it harder than it looks…

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My try with RawTherapee 5.8

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Indeed. And to make matters worse, in subdued light the petals actually have a pinkish overtone…

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Lovely image. The workflow in [PlayRaw] Speed processing challenge - Dreamy landscape - #22 by afre was successful. Will try the same thing here. Added a contrast step, tweaked the brightness-contrast and chroma. Done in 14 min. Zoom and enjoy!

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Went back and replaced the contrast step with my usual sharpening command. Seems to make the edges weaker, but lighter or a little more colourful. (See filaments to see what I mean.) Which do you prefer?

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Here is one take with little less contrast in high key mode. RT 5.8
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I wanted the foreground flowers to stand out, so this processing has a bit more contrast with the background than usual:

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edit: it took me a little more than 14min to develop it :wink:

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Here is my take with DT.

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Very nice shot, I love it, Thanks

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I’ve been on a brief sabbatical from the web, and just catching up. I think your second one better captures their original appearance. Cherry blossoms are a lot harder than it would seem!

Light and fluffy… I like it!

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