I’m struggling with this picture: I find the highlight transitions weird and I can’t find natural looking colors for the blue and green. Maybe it’s me, but I feel something is off. What do you think?
I’ve tried both AgX and filmic v5/v7 but other than for some details in the highlights, I can’t really find out a good result overall.
Here is the result of one of my attempt with filmic:
I’m quite new around here (and in photography/darktable in general), I already learned a lot by reading previous discussions and other Play Raw. I’m eager to see what people will come up with!
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I actually liked the direction you were going with the greens in your post. They have a “new leaf” vibe. Since you are not happy, I went with a warmer sunlight look. I have no idea if this is closer…or further…from what you see in your 'mind’s eye".
Lovely pic. How’s this? The blue background is a little difficult, yes, it tends to lean into purple or cyan quite easily. I think Colour Equaliser is doing most of the work here, so small tweaks to that will change the background.
Edit: I oversharpened and introduced colour noise with capture sharpening. I’ve reduced that, and the DorS sharpening too. Small bird brightness tweak as well.
