Thanks Terry. I just tried that. Tone equalizer could be helpful. Increased exposure did help. For some reason DT Raw files tend to be quite a bit underexposed for my camera (Panasonic G9), but I try to be very careful not to blow highlights.
On another note (since I’m new to Play_Raw )- how do I get my image to show in my first post? and thanks!
You just need to upload a jpg as well, either an export from dt or the out of camera jpg if you prefer.
dt never touches raw files, hence the xmp for the edit history and the jpg to show your version.
My version coming up!
Thanks Steven, just uploaded the jpg.
Ta-da!!
I used dt 4.3, so I hope the xmp will load correctly in the current 4.2… let me know it’s doesn’t and I’ll try and do another in 4.2.
I used sigmoid instead of filmic (as I usually do), and used a diffuse and sharpen instance set to bloom blended in multiply. I like this effect. Also used a second exposure instance masked to a gradient to lower the exposure on the sky without darkening the fog - I tried using tone eq, but used globally it spoilt the foggy effect.
FWIW, I usually don’t worry about highlights when setting exposure, then use tone eq or masks like here to lower highlights as needed.
Steve, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll play with this, and reduce the effect just a tad. Now I have a tool to work with.
Hiram, Interesting to see it monochrome. I need to try this on other photos. Should have taken a time lapse of the lifting fog. You can almost ‘see’ the motion in this image. Thanks!
thank you Jade_NL (Netherlands??) I haven’t played much with RawTherapee much but might after this.
Very nice shot, magic moment!
I started to play in B&W at first, then switched back to a slightly discolored color. Edits with Color balance RGB and multiple instances of Diffuse or Sharpen (mainly add local contrast). Probably I overcooked it, sorry.
P1058770-.rw2.xmp (12.9 KB)
It’s almost monochrome. I would say it’s chromatically attenuated by about \ -10\mathrm{dB} (i.e., I left 10% of the color in).
I kind of like that. Just a tad of color.
All these are giving me ideas.I’m not necessarily looking for a final product, but what tools were used and how. Thanks! Lots if good ideas here.
If you mean when you open your images in DT they are darker than expected then it is most likely that Panasonic deliberately have their cameras underexposing to preserve the highlights. This is common for most cameras. The developer for filmic recognises this and has chosen a default exposure setting of +0.7EV as an educated guess, but since it is camera specific this amount may be wrong. However, when I processed your image I did not brighten it enough in my opinion, but i had no idea what the original scene looked like or what you envisioned.
