First post! I am a few years into transitioning to Darktable as my primary editor and have never been completely happy with my results. I transitioned in part because I love open source software and in part because my old copy of Lightroom 4 could not open files from my new to me D850. I’m trying to see if my dissatisfaction is a result of the base image and how I am taking the photo or if it is in the editing process.
This is a photo from a recent trip to Greece. Here is my attempt at an edit. I am quite happy with the composition so would love to see if there is a way to make the image pop and shine by seeing what y’all can do with it.
Your edit looks reasonable to me. I would be interested in seeing the ‘better’ LR edit but I presume you can’t do that unless you use Adobe DNG convertor to convert the file for LR to edit. I have left LR6 behind along time ago as DT gives better control and results in my view.
I love this shot.
The lighting is relatively harsh due the time of day and clear sky, but that is part of the charm I think.
My edit below. D85_5010.NEF.xmp (14.1 KB)
Edit:
Saulala is not open source, so not really appropriate here, but I find the principle very interesting - a web app running in the browser and a very limited but carefully chosen set of parameters.
It uses AgX like darktable can and I find it sometimes helpful to gain ideas to use in dt.
Beautiful. That blue in the distance is so lush. I find it interesting, that the reduced contrast on the mountains to the right helps the composition because my eyes tend to follow the road more towards the red car.
It’s almost funny how I — every time I scroll through these Play Raw threads — instinctively stop at the one Spektrafilm conversion thinking: Oh, this one’s the best.
I’m no expert with vistas like this, but I gave it a lot of effort. Saw some nice punchy looking landscape pictures yesterday, so I had a vague goal to work towards. The mid-ground trees are more saturated in mine, but I get the feeling that mine are also lacking a little finer detail in comparison to yours. My foreground trees have reduced contrast on purpose though.
I did a little lens distortion ‘correction’ by choosing an arbitrary lens and testing different modes until I found one that I preferred.
Now with the correct lens; ‘panoramic’ target geometry does what I’m looking for here.
Also took the opportunity to try again because I’m unsure about my first one. Slightly different white balance and approach. Also some vertical lens shift.
