I am looking for other ways to present this image. Anything that supports the difference between the torn building and the dress of the bride. Maybe something b/w … anyway, I know that you can do better than my version.
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Also using Agx.
I like the framing elements of the picture, and the stairs add a leading line, hence the cropping
Shocking. So much detail. I need to understand what you are doing. But that needs some time. Thanks a lot.
Excellent. It would be interesting to know what you did in gimp so that we can learn from your edit.
For me it’s too less detail.
I love your shot!!!
Unfortunately it suffers from the noise. Anyway, looking at your settings, you didn’t make anything wrong. You would have needed a different camera/lens or some additional lighting. Both things, are usually not all the time available.
By the way this was one reason, for leaving it quite dark if you take my edit and simply lift the value for exposure you get something like that:
Exposure value 3,3
Mainly a combination of two plug-ins, luminosity masks and saturation masks. However, some of my adjustments to brightness and contrast were done in saturation masks and saturation changes in luminosity masks!
The funny thing is: the reason for the light coming in from the left is an external flash (AD100) at 1/32 power pointed straight up. It was a workshop and everybody else was shooting with purely ambient light (which was very little). Admittedly, they had GFX, big Canon FF and Leica cameras with fast lenses. Nothing I could compete against with my Fuji-X and my F4 zoom. Had I known how bad the weather was and how dark it was in this place I would have brought my 16mm F1.4. But that is life - I guess.
yes, 1.4 would have helped. Anyway, it stays a lovely shot. Maybe use some KI denoising and there is not much to regret.
You don’t have to. Yes a bit less noise would have been nice. But as already said it stays a great shot. And believe me carrying FF wist fast lenses on a hiking trip is for sure no fun. I have now decided to go this step. I ordered a new Sony A7V with Sigma Art lenses. One of the lenses has already arrived. Feeling it’s weight was not such a nice experience. I hope, that I will not regret this step.
I put an oval vignette around the figure to disguise the light on the left.
Interesting. I really like the gradient of light across the image that the flash created. I think it adds a tiny layer of additional interest.
I focused on the colors (skin and walls) and the global contrast between the upper and lower parts of the building. Also, I added a bit of texture with adding grain.
A simple edit using DT 5.3 +975 with AgX. Color balance taken from dress.
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I quite like the grain, which I think lends itself nicely to a B&W treatment.
dt nightly : 5.3.0+979~g76c392907e : DSCF7180.raf.xmp (19.8 KB)
I like the splash of light it adds to the wall and a couple of the stairs.
Beautiful and very dramatic. Thanks.
