Orchid crazy edit

After some time, here comes another crazy playraw from me (it’s almost a theme at this point, lol).
I was going to edit a fairly new photo of a blooming orchid that I took in my improvised “studio”, but after applying basic edits the image felt already finished. So I went and opened the Color equalizer and started playing around with saturation sliders as I do sometimes and tried to desaturate and darken the pinks and purples… I immediately liked what I saw and this is what I ended up with… I’m curious what will you do with the photo :slight_smile:

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Hello,
Here’s a soft, warm-toned version


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and a black and white “low key” version


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Darktable 5.1 (master)

Greetings,
Christian

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A classical render:


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…and because you asked for a crazy edit. Here is my radioactive version:


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My version…

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And I was wondering why is my geiger counter going off like crazy :thinking:

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Another version:


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Nice, much less radioactive. Probably within long-term-safe limits.

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My pedestrian edit, trying to keep it looking natural


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And since we are getting a little crazy,


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A last one for me on this nice shot:


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Did somebody say “crazy”?


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:scream:

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the craziest edit so far, good job :smile:

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Crazy developments are my speciality…,:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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