Hello everybody,
I know the holiday season is over, but nevertheless!
I wonder how to intensify the smoke coming out of the chimney to make it kinda “pop”…
Pls find my edit below, made in DT 4.2.0, pls check the sidecar file to see what I tried. i am really looking forward to maybe get some other ideas from you on how to enhance especially the smoke a little more, that would be great!
Thank you very much in advance for your inspiration and please have a nice day!
Well here is my attempt. I used a second instance of exposure with a drawn and parametric mask to isolate the smoke based upon it being brighter than the background. I then increased the exposure on the smoke by +0.484 EV. I am pleased with the result for such little effort. I just love the masks in Darktable and that is why it is my #1 editor.
Here is my second attempt which makes the smoke pop even more because the exposure on the smoke was increased to 1.427 EV and I raised the black level correction to ensure mask was invisible.