This one is from Duisburg in germany. The tower is a part of the ‘Walsum power plant’, which is a coal-fired power station producing 1200 megawatts power.
License is CC BY-NC 4.0
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.DNG (14.5 MB)
Since there were two big’s in the title, tried to give a majestic look using Gimp 2.1010 with RT5.6 !!
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.DNG.pp3 (12.1 KB)
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Nice shot @pphoto!
I also opted for a dramatic B&W version, using PhotoFlow:
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.pfi (41.7 KB)
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20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.DNG.pp3 (11.2 KB)
RawTherapee-5.6-dev
Exposure Black slider and the a* and b* flexible curves in Lab*
RawTherapee-5.6-dev
Exposure Black slider and the a* and b* flexible curves in Lab*
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I was trying for something more ominous for some reason.
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.DNG.xmp (16.0 KB)
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gimp filter: map > panorama projection
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I don’t know if this is a sensible approach. Maybe it’s too much? I turned on shadows & highlights, turned on the haze removal module and reduced the strength a little bit, and then did the usual filmic 11EV curve with 100% saturation. I increased the saturation of blues even further with the color zones module in order to make the sky pop a little more.
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm.DNG.xmp (4.9 KB)
Haze removal, shadows & highlights, tone curve, sharpening via equalizer, vignetting, grain.
20190509_4028_Walsum_Turm_01.DNG.xmp (13.9 KB)
The second one is more interesting.
