Not sure how this’ll play, worked on my uncalibrated tablet. I wanted to make it light and airy, so I avoided pulling down the shadows at the expense of lower contrast.
@CarVac Thanks for sharing: I like the result! I don’t think I will be able to top it . I am also curious as to why there is this interesting suffix _uvnVyWP
attached to your filename.
Awesome pic, thanks @CarVac!
There isn’t really much to do, I mostly tweaked the white balance to make it a bit cooler.
IMG_3370_uvnVyWP.CR2.pp3 (10.3 KB)
I have two Canon cameras with the same filename scheme. To prevent filename collisions from the cameras producing the same filenames on the same day, I have Filmulator append a base 62 portion of a hash of the file contents when importing to ensure that this never happens.
It wasn’t necessary on this trip since I only brought one camera, but I leave it on just in case.
Worth framing! First increased the fogginess using RT and then selectively sharpened the foreground rock in GIMP.
IMG_3370_uvnVyWP.jpg.out.pp3 (11.8 KB)
My first attempt on this great shot, thanks @CarVac for sharing it!
My editing steps in a nutshell:
- cloudy WB preset
- a bit of shadow recovery with the shadows/highlights module
- gamma adjustment to bring up the mid-tones
- increased saturation
- gave a slight yellow tint to the brightest highlights
- several local curves to emphasise the light and darken the image borders
- unsharp mask to finish
All done with PhotoFlow in Lab colorspace:
IMG_3370_uvnVyWP-phf.jpg.pfi (56.9 KB)
Same RT processing as my previous attempt but different GIMP processing to give it an enchanted forest look.
Very lovely image! I did some color toning and “corrections” in DT then took it into GIMP to accentuate the light.
XMP: IMG_3370_uvnVyWP.CR2.xmp (6.8 KB)
I love this image. Almost anything can be done on it, it always looks great!
In RT: IMG_3370_uvnVyWP.CR2.pp3 (10.1 KB)
Participants in play raw are highly encouraged to share the XMP, PP3, or other metadata/settings file used to obtain the output!
Done
Raw dcraw: 2 outputs (raw, interpolated)
Play G’MIC: Mask (midtones), Blend (2 gammas), Smoothing (guided by raw), etc.
· Imagemagick: Color morphing (GIF; for @heckflosse )
Idea
We tend to have fond memories of our outdoor adventures, whether or not we had a good time during the trip, due to the presence of family and friends and being away from home just long enough not to miss it. Our visual memory is also romanticized: the scene is sharp, vibrant, pleasing, inviting and engaging. Our JPEGs and RAWs may disappoint us: What is wrong with this camera! That isn’t how I remembered it! Must PlayRaw! With this in mind, I have made a GIF representing what the camera sees vs what we want the memories to be. Head in the Clouds indeed. —@afre