[PlayRaw] Bucket-wheel Excavator

[Jade_NL (Jacques)]

That’s an awe-inspiring machine, isn’t it. That not-so-tiny front loader, next to one of the huge tracks, is completely minimized by it.

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Thanks for sharing this one!

[Thomas_Do (Thomas)]

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[pphoto]

@Jade_NL

That not-so-tiny front loader, next to one of the huge tracks, is completely minimized by it.

Here is another shot with some tiny humans to get an idea of the excavator’s size:

[paulmatthijsse]

That’s a monster that could eat the whole planet !

[Soupy (Tim)]

darktable 3.0.2

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[heckflosse (Ingo Weyrich)]

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[CriticalConundrum (Cranberry Carborundum)]

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[Zbyma72age]

Wysyłanie: 20200717_Garzweiler_3278_darktable-GIMP-LAB.jpg
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[Zbyma72age]

Wysyłanie: 20200717_Garzweiler_3278-SNS-HDR_Default-GIMP-LAB.jpg

[Adlatus]

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[saliniero (Carlos)]

DT 3.4.1.1

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[Tim (Tim Cuthbertson)]

I’m using all my best tricks on this one, but I’m afraid I still didn’t go far enough. dt 3.2.1

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[pass712]

Somehow ohtherwordly.

dt 3.5.0 sigmoid

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[arctic (Andrea)]

These machines must be huge! I have an hard time trying to understand the true scale. A man, causally walking under the big wheel, would help.
My take with dt 3.4.

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[Jade_NL (Jacques)]

@arctic

I have an hard time trying to understand the true scale.

It is huge…

Bagger 288

Have a look at the image at the top right (full size). You can see human sized doors to get an idea exactly how big they are.

[pphoto]

@arctic

I have an hard time trying to understand the true scale.

Here’s a photo I took with some humans on it on that day:

[arctic (Andrea)]

OMG, this is humongous! I didn’t even spot the humans immediately.

[blj (Bill)]

Been a while since I have used darktable or any photo software for that matter. Decided on a sort of vintage b&w look because that machine just asks for it. Speaking of dt has come a long way I am really impressed.

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[rkowalke (René Kowalke)]

Let’s try this file for experimenting with Sigmoid. After opening I see some trouble with the file and had to adjust the black offset here which I’m not used to do very often. But OK.

My reference edit with Filmic v5 gives a usable result. Sigmoid has much less control possibilities but looks also reasonable, but in my opinion Filmic looks still more natural when increasing contrast, especially when rendering the overexposed sky and the excavator, whereas increasing contrast in Sigmoid soon leads to the impression of “a bit overdone”.

This is the Filmic version:

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This is the Sigmoid verison:

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Both algos are really hard to match. In this picture Filmic gives much more “clearity” in the shades and better rendition of the colors of the sandy material in the background.

Here is a snapshot comparison (filmic left vs. sigmoid right) at the “same” contrast factor (1.8)

Btw., I captured myself a photo of the older excavator 258 in 2013 with some people at the wheel, which has a diameter of 15m. This is much smaller than the diameter of 21,6m of excavator 288, but still impressive.

[gaaned92]

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