Here are two images i took from a tree near my home. I went two times and the conditions where very different. I am interested with what kind of edits you come up. And which image you like more.
DSC_2111.NEF (27.4 MB)
DSC_2111.NEF.xmp (26.3 KB)
DSC_2047.NEF (25.5 MB)
DSC_2047.NEF.xmp (14.4 KB)
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Thank you for these great images to play with. My results, done in GIMP, do not reflect reality!
For both images I first stretched the contrast using Curves, then used my Equal Luminosity Masks Multi plug-in so that I could adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of regions in the independent zones of the plug-in.
I found the vignette to be quite challenging to tackle, it’s not very uniform and it bring a strange muddiness in some parts of the coulds. I ended up using a bunch of local adjustments to try to make it more uniform.
I wish there was more control over the gradient in local adjustments, it’s not always easy to blend them smoothly into the image. It would be great to have an option to draw the parade vertically, it’s very handy to check for continuity.
RT dev. DSC_2111.NEF.pp3 (26.7 KB)
Yeah i think iq wise the sigma 170-500 i used for these shots is quite bad.
Seeing this somewhat minimal image I became curious if I could recreate an old Harry Durgin technique to create a photo illustration alike result. Instead of using darktable and GIMP, which Harry use(s/d), I decided to try doing this with RawTherapee and Krita instead.
Love how the tree and the outline came out in this one. The pencil stroke illusion could have been done a bit stronger maybe, but I like how it just about shows.
EDIT: Did some work on the colour.
DSC_2047-1.jpg.out.pp3 (18,5 KB)
DSC_2111.jpg.out.pp3 (18,5 KB)
