[PlayRaw] Mairi Troisieme

Super late entry, but as this thread was reviewed…

Basics done in RT, then into Gimp where I used different curves on the face, hair, cardigan and background.

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My attempt, with darktable.

The first is an attempt to stay in topic with the original article: “A Chiaroscuro Portrait”.
I remove base curve & tone curve & highlight reconscruction, after I brighted the image with

## contrast brightness saturation ##
saturation -1
blend mode addition
luminosity mask 0 50 50 100

and I adjusted tones with zone system

The second is more inspired by some very dark paintings by Caravaggio. I turn off base curve and I darkened the image with

## contrast brightness saturation ##
contrast +0.2
saturation -1
blend mode multiply

after I adjust tone with tone_curve (middle contrast) and

## levels system ##
mode automatic
black 0.1%
gray 55%
white 99.9%

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Only tone curve & zone system (no base curve) in darktable +
skin retouch in gimp

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At last

All in DT Mairi_Troisieme.ORF.xmp (13.2 KB)

RT only (little unsharp mask with Gimp)
patdavid-Mairi_Troisieme_rawacc

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Finally decided what to do. Here is my take.

1. PhotoFlow → HL mode (blend) → linear Rec2020 (no clipping) → 32f
2. gmic → fill unwanted pixels → smooth (guided, 1/2) → adjust brightness, contrast (curves, face) → my filter (unpublished) → contrast enhancement → rotate → crop → sharpen → resize → frame

Zoom 100% to enjoy!

I think she’s become a named storm.

Or maybe a distant galaxy.

Alternatively, one can always go down the mad route.

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Darktable, Filmic, Color balance × 3 and some local contrast enhancements :

patdavid-Mairi_Troisieme.ORF.xmp (32.2 KB)

EDIT : forgot to mention split-frequency editing with the new “retouch” module

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Wow, what a fantastic result! :open_mouth:

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I agree. :+1: @anon41087856

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Retouch module training

Mairi_Troisieme_03.ORF.xmp (12.4 KB)

darktable 2.6.3

Mairi_Troisieme.ORF.xmp (11,7 Ko)

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What is RT5.4? My google-fu failed me.

It is raw therapee, version 5.4.

darktable 3.0.2 - V2

patdavid-Mairi_Troisieme.ORF.xmp (11,8 Ko)

Windows darktable3.1.0+2418.g37b463627
Mairi_Troisieme_06.ORF.xmp (46.3 KB)

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I’ve been looking at this one from one of the first moments I found out about this site and never felt confident enough to attempt an edit. Well…

Tried to keep it, what I would call natural. I don’t see any reason why Mairi’s face needs to be smoothed or altered in any way. I did need to balance the sharpening: Show all the little details in her face and let the motif of her cardigan(??) be as clear as possible or…

Enough talk, here’s what I came up with:


mairi.troisieme.xmp (13.4 KB) darktable 3.1.0

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A bit late to play the game but here is another shot with very basic filmic processing and some de-saturation. Looks a lot darker on this site than my screen jpg.

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also quite late to comment. The teal and orange movie effect from @anon41087856 trial is subtle and nice.

Seeing as this got bumped:


Mairi_Troisieme.ORF.xmp (60.1 KB)

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