How would you deal with this image?? I would like to see (and learn!).
20200717_0040.CR2 (21.7 MB)
20200717_0040_01.CR2.xmp (25.1 KB)
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Great sunset! darktable master with filmic v6. I don’t see a point in sharpening pictures like this, it completely breaks the atmosphere and distracts the eye into the water. I think this picture should be a soft experience for the eyes, sort of like being there yourself.
My crop ratio is a bit messed up, but I didn’t want to cut a lot of the sky out, or make it too tall.
20200717_0040.CR2.xmp (17.5 KB)
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A wonderful photograph, thank you for sharing.
My not very successful attempt in GIMP. I wished to keep the grass in the foreground to give depth to the image, but reduce its visual impact. Other than that, slight changes to contrast and saturation.
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A beautiful scene, thank you for sharing! I went a little along @hatsnp s idea of keeping the softness and showing a lot of the sky. It took a bit to get the balance to feel right and get rid of the distracting wave in the bottom right corner. dt 3.8
20200717_0040.CR2.xmp (8.1 KB)
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Thanks for your version.
I can’t use your .xmp file. Could it be because you are using the master version?
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I think so, I’ll take a look after work to see if I can get it running in the release version.
I like the glow at the center here, looks really good.
Quick 'n dirty try with dt 3.8 (filmic v5):
There’s actually only a small area that’s blown in red and green channels (switch off the white balance module to see that), so I didn’t use the highlight reconstruction module (it works after the whitebalance module, so sees a large “clipped” area, causing more trouble than it solves). Then carefully use filmic’s recovery tab with a few iterations to get some texture in the brightest part.
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