I know you can do better than me / wedding dress

I like the non-cropped image and I like it not so contrasty. dt 5.2.1 with FilmicRGB


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My version…

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My fun

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Very strong edit. The subject is very prominent without being unnatural.

nice shot! must have been a fun session.


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vkdt render, no neural denoise (only has it for bayer, not xtrans), sloppy manual masking of the dress and a bit of messing with colours.

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Great. Almost like a painting.


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It was a fun session. You can see some more images from this day here:

I can definitely recommend fujifilm organized workshops. It was 160 € for 6 hours of shooting in a locked away location, with instructor, food and model. Something a new lens or camera could not deliver … I will try to do more things like that.

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Had some fun with Rawtherapee and Gimp

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Great image…I did a few versions…I didn’t keep the sidecars but it will be in the jpgs… The noise would likely need a different treatment…

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I feel like this picture does not require as much colour-grading as is applied here, it is such an interesting/well thought-out picture in terms of framing and subject that it can carry itself, I am still learning Darktable 5 so I messed up pretty much all I wanted to showcase but I’d attempt the following:

  • a smaller crop
  • perhaps a cold white point instead of a warm one to complement the abandoned building
  • just simple denoise, exposure & contrast adjustments
    and finally
  • mask the bride’s dress, add bloom, corner softness, and I think it would come out perfect
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With ART 1.25.11
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Greetings. Roberto

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Another try at this great image. In GIMP as always. Better or worse?

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My attempt with a complementary color harmony.

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I wanted to get rid of the stairs in the top right corner without cropping too much. So here is an attempt using an oval mask, inspired by 19th-century photography.


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Marvellous!

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Great contrast between the clean look of the dress and the gritty surroundings!

Very nice motif.

Something in the style of Czech photographer Jan Saudek could work here:

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