Just started playing with my new toy, a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro and I took this quick shot of some young daffodils in my back yard. The original is true to life but not very interesting, so I wanted to see if I could use the darktable Color Calibration (CC) module to liven it up.
Steps:
Raised exposure and kept Filmic at its default
Invoked CC to add colorfulness to brighten the green
Invoked a second CC instance with parametric mask to color the mulch
Added a gradient vignette using Exposure to separate the background
The time and effort with CC were surprisingly fast and effective.
Below is the edited version along with the original before any edits:
Here in Northern Virginia we have daffodils, and jonquils are a smaller variety. I like them because the squirrels leave them alone. Your edit is very realistic!
Hi Dave, nice edit. You have used CC module well. Another great module to use for working colors is the color zones module. If you haven’t looked at that module I would recommend having a look at the documentation and experimenting. I use it to lift or subdue specific colours in an image by changing saturation and lightness based upon the color zones.
Thanks, Terry. I use Color Zones quite a bit and I’ve been experimenting with how I can use it as a kind of alternate tone curve where I can create custom vibrance profiles instead of relying on single sliders in other modules. It’s a great module, but sometimes I find it creates “splotchy” skies if I push it too hard
I wanted to see specifically how far I could use the new CC module alone, and I found that I was able to brighten colors, empahsize the new bright yellow-green top and highlight the older blue-green base, and also make the scene more vibrant. I think I would have had a harder time with the Zones
I certainly appreciate and learned from everyone who played along. As they say, there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
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