Clouds, Sunset and a bit of Flare

BrafMeToo · June 7, 2026, 7:24pm

Had a bit of fun with a recent sunset, and an old camera (with a very dirty sensor, oops! Feel free to use the retouch mask from my .xmp). I had two goes at it, keen to see what you come up with!

Darktable

Spektrafilm

The files below (RAW + .xmp) are licensed Creative Commons, By-Attribution, Share-Alike.

_DSC1595.ARW (6.8 MB)

_DSC1595.ARW.xmp (40.8 KB)

gwbarn · June 7, 2026, 9:20pm

Accidentally left preserve hue on 60% default when tuning primaries

_DSC1595.ARW.xmp (40.4 KB)

priort · June 7, 2026, 11:26pm

_DSC1595.ARW.lab.xmp (22.2 KB)

Or a little different around the sun

_DSC1595.ARW.lab.xmp (34.4 KB)

Popanz · June 8, 2026, 7:27am

Your sensor is a mess . Cleaning isn’t that complicated.

This isn’t necessarily the edit I aimed for this beautiful evening sky, but the one I can live with, without pushing all the other dirt you haven’t already tackeled with your mask (thanks for this).

_DSC1595 (1).ARW.xmp (31,7 KB)

Terry · June 8, 2026, 8:14am

In this edit I used tone equalizer to recover the sun since it wasn’t blown. I accepted the colors for the sunset using AgX as I had no idea what colors would be correct.
_DSC1595.ARW.xmp (14.4 KB)

Jetze · June 8, 2026, 4:22pm

Lovely, I did not try not to overdo…

_DSC1595.ARW.xmp (25.0 KB)

Two tips lest you didn’t already know…

Use ‘highpass filter’ both sliders set to the max to see dustbunnies, store as preset…
Use retouch, healing tool (red cross sign), and use circle activated while pressing ctrl key, set opacity to 100% and radius according to spot size… then click on spot and drag to similar clean place in clean sky or whatever, let go of the mouse and repeat.

deekay · June 9, 2026, 8:29am

_DSC1595.ARW.xmp (65.3 KB)

bminney · June 9, 2026, 9:36am

I love how the clouds in this edit are now the main prominent feature and reduce the sunset to a side effect. This brings about a totally different feeling. Well done. I will download your side file later.