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again, this is a stacked photo with 8 frames coming from a smartphone to help with denoise. So it would be interesting to work with a “pre-processed” raw file. The free app that enables that is Camac
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Thanks for the post!
I always struggle to get good colours out of darker shots. I fiddled around with additional masked exposure and contrast equaliser instances to try to get some light and contrast onto the leaves, but it’s perhaps over-saturated now. Used a widescreen crop to put the trees centre stage.
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Hello,
this is my first try at pixls.us and my first try with play_raw. I’m working with Darktable for quite some time and this is my way to improve the colours.
Martin
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I’m just curious how this compares to a well exposed single shot… maybe using the native app.
I have noticed that the gain map is not supported for this DNG format and that does often really enhance the image out of the gate.
I certainly wasnt there and so have no idea about the light at the time but I just have a general sense that my pixel would have taken a much better image to start out with and I know it does its own HDR capture but I just doesn’t look like the “digital” capture was great. It could be that I am looking at this on my old not calibrated work pc with an older monitor…
Still I think it would be nice to compare what you get just taking a decent exposure in the native app vs this app to see what you are getting out of it…and if you have done some of this maybe you could share an example to reinforce the merits of the app…
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This is a great photo! I am enjoying working on my crop-game to try and maximize subject impact, composition, etc. It was tough work getting the saturation how I wanted it. I used a few different methods 
My edit.
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I too imagine a single exposure would have captured the dynamic range of this scene fine.
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you mentioned the native app however it doesnt come with the ability to capture bayer raw unless using a third party software. It also recover the highlight too much, and have nasty sharpening especially when digitally zooming, so i didnt like it. (For iPhone 13) The main difference between Camac and normal bayer raw app is reduced noise and slightly better detail. However it does not like moving objects and requires a steady hand. The sun never directly shone the trees so it’s not that bright in reality.
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I have never owned an iphone…I figured that whatever raw it saved maybe could become and adobe dng by putting throught the converter.
You would know about the nuances for sure…
I think there is an apple app called Halide and also one under development by the ex Google researcher(s)…
It might be interesting to see how they compare
Indigo output is quite mushy, but I will include the comparison next time
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I think the dodge and burn went overboard 
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Maybe so, aka, so shoot me (well, please don’t). lol
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the king.
I thought about getting rid of one of the bridge towers (for the micro-world that is) or whatever you call it, but then I got lazy. lol
Having fun before I have to get to work.
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