I decided to choose the 16:9 format because it makes the scene appear much wider, which enhances the impression of the wide road with the cyclist in the foreground. This also includes the additional diffusion, which on the one hand calms the details in the background a little, so that the viewer can concentrate more on the cyclist and on the other hand, it gives the whole scene a softer foggy impression of a wintry snowy evening.
As for the colors, I kept the warm tone of the scene and with the help of channel mixer in the second instance of the color calibration module, I unified the cold and neutral tones in a subtle cyan tone, so that they contrast a little against the dominating warm tone of the scene.
Just a note: I use the developer version of darktable and in this case also the new version of the sigmoid module. So Iâm afraid that the sidecar file wonât help much here.
I think this is an excellent photograph.
The colour temperature I believe is OK. My guess is that the street lights are high-pressure sodium (natrium).
I have cropped the illuminated signs on the left and a crop at the bottom to make the cyclist the main feature. I have tried to emphasise the falling snow and the snow on the ground.
This is my interpretation, but other interpretations are equally valid!
Thank you Sakari. Iâm glad you like it. I am preparing a new episode about diffusion and soft look and this photo came in handy. The scene has a nice composition.
I tried to keep my edit ânaturalâ. I believe the tones are warm because of the street lights, but I also like some of the othersâ cooler edits because of the ice and snow. dt 4.4.2
This is a very nice shot, and I love the different versions. There are the mistier ones (I vote for @s7habo 's version there, but all of them are good), and also those where the snow is shown backlit by the street lamp, with a completely different feel to it (severe weather vs man), with the crops from @martin.scharnke and @123sg being my personal favourites. I think the tighter crop also makes the approaching tram somehow more sinister and menacing (even though the tracks tell us it wonât hit the delivery guy).
Most edits went for a warm look and I think it fits good. I Really like the version from @s7habo, indeed very cinematic.
As always I like to provide something new, so I went for a really cold look and I think it works also.
