Snowball development

I spent yesterday evening developing this photo until I liked it and learned a lot about exposure, masks and colours in darktable 5.0.
It is the laurel-leaved snowball (Lorbeerblättriger Schneeball – Wikipedia)

202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF (18,1 MB)
202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (69,8 KB)

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Here is my quick edit. No masks used on this image. Nice capture


202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (11.5 KB)

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Trying a pastel look:


202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (27.6 KB)

And a brighter one:


202501_FrostSonntag_0006_01.ORF.xmp (27.1 KB)

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I tried with pastel colours.
202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF (18.1 MB)
202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (13.7 KB)

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Two versions…
Starting with the first one, I thought, that this is not too far from your edit. But as it is Play Raw I was interested in showing further possibilities. That was the point to start the second quite different render…


202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (16,8 KB)
202501_FrostSonntag_0006_01.ORF.xmp (24,0 KB)

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202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (33.0 KB)

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202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.arp (12.9 KB)

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202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (16.0 KB)

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Hello,

@Dito_Budi I really like your proposal, I’ve analysed the xmp file and I can see that you haven’t used tone mapping, which proves that it’s not an obligation. You’ve successfully kept a lot of detail in the ice crystals.

Greetings from Luberon (France)
Christian

Hello everyone,

Here’s a bright and colorful suggestion.
I’ve cropped and flipped it to give it a different reading.


202501_FrostSonntag_0006_01.ORF.xmp (20.8 KB)

Darktable 5.1 (Master)
Greetings from the Luberon (France)
Christian

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202501_FrostSonntag_0006_02.ORF.xmp (21,4 KB)

or after some funny pills :rofl::


202501_FrostSonntag_0006_02.ORF.xmp (22,8 KB)

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I have used the “sigmoid” tone mapper.
"<rdf:li
darktable:num=“22”
darktable:operation=“sigmoid”
darktable:enabled=“1”
darktable:modversion=“3”

"

It’s a nice, natural looking image. I tried to not mess it up.


202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (11.4 KB)

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My version…

202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (21,4 KB)

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Nice colors and format.
Regards Wolf

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Sorry, I was referring to Dito_Budi’s processing of your photo

An pretty straight forward attempt with DT 5

202501_FrostSonntag_0006.ORF.xmp (13.9 KB)

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No problem.

With Art 1.24.5

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Rawtherapee 5.11 + Gimp 2.10.34

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