As I am still improving my processing knowledge I would be interested to see how others would tackle this one.
DSC_3332.NEF (28.1 MB)
Here is my version with DT 3.2.1
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Sorry, forgot to add the .xmp file
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@lbolm Thanks for sharing! Good title.
Is it a person with a sharp nose? A bird? Both? Or…?
@Claes What are your thoughts?
Yes, @afre,
your thoughts are absolutely in the right direction. That photo shows one of our Nordic ancestors, probably scared stiff because he had spotted the camera. His dryads, being a few hundred years younger, had time to hide in the background.
For more info, see John Bauer’s illustrations to Bland Tomtar och Troll, i.e. Among Gnomes and Trolls. John Bauer (illustrator) - Wikipedia
Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden
Inspired by Claes’s writeup, I had another go at it.
And then, when all hope was lost, Gandalf arrived and turned the troll to stone.
I like this one very much. It gives the scene a very mystic touch.
@Claes, which software did you use?
Danke vielmals, @lbolm!
I used two pieces of software: darktable (dev version) and The Gimp/g’mic combination.
Apart from my standard medicine (local contrast and equalizer), Darktable’s color balance module produced the color balance (!!! what else???), and I used Gimp/g’mic for cropping and framing.
MfG
Claes in Lund, Schweden
Maybe it is…
“Artistic” edit with GIMP and G’MIC:
Thank you for the play.
