Nice photo to play with. I used filmic and I did a drawn mask for the interior and lightened it while retaining the exterior exposure. Thanks for the opportunity.
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I like this image - very peaceful, but one wonders who will be occupying the room.
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It is the peace table of Zelensky and Putin. Deserted!
RT 5.9: Abstract profile exposure adjustments, log local edit + minor tweaks. Sofa laptop tweak
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The blue goes haywire when you try to push saturation in a very low saturation scene. It’s quite subtle in the actual file and most likely sky reflected in the table.
I tried to lift the shadows of furniture without losing the highlights.
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My favorite is @123sg edit. My eyes landed on the window and the glasses. The other details in the room aren’t important. They’re visible enough to give context.
That was my thinking exactly - I’m glad it came through in my edit
I think you did a great job capturing the image. you could easily have ended up with the window being exposed perfectly but with the room in silhouette. I think the highlites around the handles are caused by the angle of the sun reflecting off the back of the handles.
Interesting crop. It does very much change the intent of the original image.
When I was looking the original scene over, it suddenly occurred to me, Goldilocks has been here!
Besides, there was nothing I could add to the edits above.