Do my midtones need improvement?

Dito_Budi · September 30, 2025, 4:03am

cedric · September 30, 2025, 8:12am

General question: is the range of “mid-tones” defined anywhere; or is it just what the poster thinks it is …

EmerS · September 30, 2025, 2:59pm

dt 3.0+474 nightly : _DSF0731.RAF.xmp (12.2 KB)

tankist02 · September 30, 2025, 6:29pm

ART version for comparison:

Thomas_Do · September 30, 2025, 7:13pm

cedric · October 1, 2025, 12:27am

Tried an experiment in RT and the GIMP

Converted in RT, applied Auto Levels and saved as 16-bit TIFF:

Opened in GIMP in three layers …

Made a mask using Threshold, lower 85 upper 170:

Edited original + mask

Merged with original