snow and color calibration

[MarcoNex]

My take, DT 3.5 + Gimp to clone out the distracting foregroung pole

20210214_FUJ6103.tif.xmp (2.5 KB)

[gigaturbo]

I’m trying to improve my snow editing skills, so here is my contribution to this old post
I calibrated for the snow in the sun, then desaturated the shadows and color graded until I had not too saturated cyan shadows and highlights slightly warm. Finally, I’ve put emphasis on the subject by adding brightness in the saturated regions.

20210214_FUJ6103.raf.xmp (25.3 KB)

EDIT: I tried a cold color grading edit:

20210214_FUJ6103_01.raf.xmp (25.4 KB)

[EspE1]

@gigaturbo

highlights slightly warm.

Here we touch upon a factor mentioned further above in the thread: Time of day.
Basically my immediate reaction to your edit was that the highlighted area is too warm in color. But with a low sun, like in the late hours of daylight, it may be conveying a “correct” overall feel of the light.

[gigaturbo]

I edited with an other edit, trying to set a colder atmosphere

[david]

My play in GIMP.
I have not made any changes to the colour of the snow, although I have made a contrast increase. I decided that the main emphasis should be on the skier.