Rennkoppel, Bad Segeberg

Here is a photo of a part of the grandstand of the horse racing track in Bad Segeberg, Germany. The building was erected in 1936 for the 800th anniversary of the town the next year.
At first, the Nazis used the “Rennkoppel” for their events. Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels gave a speech there.
Later, the facility was used for various events and is still in use today. For a structure from the Nazi era, I find the building quite neat.


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f/2.8? Really!? :wink:

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I knew that this would come :wink: . Its nicely smooth isn’t it? Actually, I forgot to change the aperture after using 2.8 on purpose.

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When I looked at the aperture and shutterspeed that is what I figured. Happens to the best of us and also to me…

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dt 3.4.1

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RT 5.8 dev
Used Polaroid 690 LUT here to give the photo an old look. WB was a bit tricky, finally I used values based on the gray railing and the white wall


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I decided for a slightly faded overexposed look. I also color graded to remove some green from the building.
With darktable 3.5.


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I also tried to play with the sunlight on the trees a little and did some color shenanigans to get rid of the blues and give it a warmer look. :slight_smile:

RT5.8 dev.


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I pushed the color grading a bit further and created second version.


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Overall warmth is better in this one, but especially the foliage difference stands out. Nice 2nd edit.

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Thanks for posting
darktable 3.4.1


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Interesting one. I probably would add a bit more contrast perhaps, maybe via dehaze, but this where I’d go with it mostly, I think. Looks like a sunny warm day, so pushed it that way, while I think keeping the shadows feeling like shadows. Maybe. Something like that haha.

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