Sun rays through a hazy evening

A picture taken by my DJI Mini 2 at about 150 m elevation on a hazy evening just before the sunset. I was expecting the sun to be only slightly visible, but the clouds moved faster… DJI mini 2 camera is basic so I thought I would get a totally washed out picture due to excessive light. But found this dng which was better than I expected. Have attempted to process the dng with RT 5.11 to make the rays more visible. Haven’t succeeded as much as I wished. Sharing here to see if experts could make them more visible.

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DJI_0008.DNG (17.7 MB)
DJI_0008.DNG.pp3 (14.3 KB)

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Looks good! I tried to emphasize the sun rays.


DJI_0008_RT.jpg.out.pp3 (19.1 KB)

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DJI_0008.DNG.arp (12.9 KB)

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I’m sharing my proposal with you. I edited it with Darktable and I used the filmic as a tone mapping module.

DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (17.9 KB)

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DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (10.5 KB)

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My version…

DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (23,7 KB)

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I tried another version


DJI_0008_RT-2.jpg.out.pp3 (20.5 KB)

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DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (19,8 KB)

or a bit more aggressive:


DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (30,8 KB)

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This is best I was able to do with DT 5. I think enhancing the sun’s rays might be a job for GIMP.

DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (14.1 KB)

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way less pushed

DJI_0008.DNG.arp (12.9 KB)

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With ART 1.24.5
DJI_0008.DNG.arp (12.4 KB)


Greetings. Roberto

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Agreed. Two layers in the GIMP. Upper layer adjusted in Curves with a straight line to maximize the rays’ contrast. Then set the upper opacity to 20%.

Instead, used wavelet processing at the rays frequency, again with opacity to taste.

got them rays that time …


DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (22,3 KB)

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Brilliant!

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DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (41.0 KB)

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Two a bit more moderate renders. One with dt one with RT:


DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (19,4 KB)


DJI_0008.DNG.pp3 (14,0 KB)

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DJI_0008_01.DNG.xmp (33.1 KB)

and


DJI_0008.DNG.xmp (26.2 KB)

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A second version


DJI_0008_RT-4.jpg.out.pp3 (20.6 KB)

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Looks a bit like a sunset on Mars


https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/lnw6uf/sunset_on_mars_best_view_yet_nasa/

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