I have been around the house a few times with this one. I have a few slightly different exposures and compositions taken as I climbed up the hill and the light changed. The sky is very difficult to deal with especially the part in the distance. The edit below is just one of many versions that I have tried; certainly not very polished.
That’s a really nice image: composition, framing, and exposure. Just a little blowout in the sky, but not so much I had do do anything specific about it.
Contrast increase in the green/brown field and in the hills
Vignette correction in a unusual method (did not found a preset in lens correction for that specific lens)
Usually I got a different workflow starting with presets for most of the modules. But since they only work for my camera/lenses and I wanted to show what I am doing I did not use a specific order here.
There is no way to preserve the sky without some distortion or trickery. The static contrast of modern computer displays is usually limited to about 1000:1, so they are not capable to reproduce directly scenes with high dynamic range.
@pphoto Awesome thanks for that and for the excellent video. I learnt a lot. I like your final version, very natural.
The vignetting is due to a lens protector/filter holder used on that camera as it had a retractable lens and needed some help in harsh environments. Great little camera that G7, I later had a G9x too, for when it wasn’t practical to carry a DSLR or for use while working.
Can you tell me what the dithering does and why you used it please?
