I thought this image might be interesting to play with.
20250709-1658-052.orf (13.9 MB, CC BY-NC-SA)
Here is my take in colour:
And a more fun black and white version, making use of the huge colour contrast:
Both done in darktable 5.2.0. No sidecar files, as the edits should be stored in the metadata of the jpgs itself (let me know in case that doesn’t work).
I really like that…esp the shade of green…I often find that greens are too yellow or too blue and oversaturated …that green looks very “real” and pleasing to me…
darktable 5.2.0. I was afraid that I had gone overboard with the saturation, but I don’t have nearly as much as some of y’all.
A typical image from Germany. “Keep exit clear” but the gate is already overgrown 
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Nature will soon hide it 
Some recent PlayRaw posts have got me interested in improving my monochrome skills in DT so I went the BW route. Still fumbling around trying to work out the best approach, but here is today’s attempt.
20250709-1658-052.orf.xmp (10.7 KB)
I wouldn’t have thought that this works with such an image but here I stand corrected.
Theres a fine line between creativity and madness, Felix; I walk that line most days. lolololol
The color contrast does indeed help create a nice B&W image. I liked the way the vines framed the sign, so I went with a vertical crop to enhance that natural framing.
dt 5.2 edit
20250709-1658-052.orf.xmp (16.1 KB)
