This is a 10 minute hack job hahaha, the original ones I did I took a lot more time with, using a combination of techniques including some hand dodge and burn.
I really need to reshoot this with her, to try and get more out of it before post process, but we’ll see
Tried to keep the brightness range appropriate to the lighting environment, and gave the b&w look something more filmish (with an appropriate color filter on the lens).
A bit of fiddling in RawTherapee.
A little more fiddling in GIMP.
A bit of curves. An insane application of GEGL C2G (set it and walked away for a while…).
Cleaning background, expanding canvas to fit crop, some dodge & burn.
IMK50358.DNG.pp3 (11.1 KB)
@patdavid, I will never know as much about processing as you, but , I feel you have lost some nice tones in the standing leg. How about a Version 2?!
@s7habo Thought a spotlight would be nice. The silhouette is on the sharp side and the lady too metallic for my tastes, but the overall composition is good.
I like that it brings out the colour of her outfit
I have some truly amazing ones where she is forward like this, good idea tho
darktable 2.4.3 has no issue with the exposure, for me.
Which version are you using @wolfworx ?
I only used darktable for this. I like the textures of the wall and floor; they gave the lady context.
The image is great, hardly needed anything , just a few creative tweaks and a crop (easiest way to remove two spots top right)
Also, defringe module did wonders for the straps on her costume!
By Darktable, I do mean Darktable acting as a raw pre processor, where everything looks great, however when it opens in Gimp the exposure jumps up a few stops, I will check version later
Hi
I just checked:
Opened the DNG with GIMP 2.10, darktable 2.4.3 opens. I don’t edit, close darktable immediately.
Image opens in GIMP, exposure is correct.
I am using Ubuntu 18.04
Let me know if you need any other info.
Regards
I am happy to say that upgrading my Darktable 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 has cured the issue !
Thank you yes, I tried really hard to get it as right as I could in camera. the annoying dirt spots on the sensor and bits on the backdrop are just a part of the deal I guess hahahah