Rockies in the Winter

I’ve been reprocessing many of my older photos with Darktable. Wouldn’t mind seeing what other can do with this.

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Great image… it really offers lots of possibility and at the same time is captured so well you could get away with the defaults essentially… thanks for sharing.

A quick attempt from me and not offering much improvement…no change in crop and just a few modules… perceptual and relative renders of the same edit…relative give a bit more of a contrasted look but maybe too strong…


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What a magnificent capture!

I chose to darken the foreground with graduated density because my eye couldn’t decide whether to linger on foreground or mountains.


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Then a somewhat more radical crop:

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Marvelous photo. Didn’t need to do much. Just fiddled with some of the parameters and focus was making it sharp.

Rockies in winter - 2020-01-20_12-33-20.NEF.xmp (14.1 KB)

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My verson, RawTherapee 5.11


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Fuji Astia 100F.zip (1.0 MB)
I think Fuji Astia 100F look with boosted colors fits this scene.

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Awesome scene! Thank you for sharing.

For fun, tried a more panoramic scene. Works well here, I think.


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My version…

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Nice capture. I probably mucked up an image which didn’t need anything more than a straight edit because the scene and the capture were enough on their own.


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Second version with a bit more sky visible but still in style of washed out sky to focus on mountains with darkened foreground with river for nice transition.

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My attempt in Darktable, GIMP

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Another suggestion:


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This is a nice photo, thanks.


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My RawTherapee 5.11 update on this edit! It’s such a great location!

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