DT 3.2.1
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GIMP (2.10.20) - artistic edit.
Tried to do 2 things here:
About the spring green: This is how it looked like mid of may 2010 (though from much larger distance)
Edit: camera was also D700, lens was Nikkor AIS 2.8/24mm, probably the same as in op (at least RT shows MF 24mm/2.8 for the NEF from op)…
This does line up with my thoughts that most of the edits here (including my own dt edit) are a tad(?) too green/saturated and what gave me the idea to try an autumn look.
Really interesting, that a lot of edits cloned the people out.
In my opinion, the people in the image made it more alive
, more interesting to look at the details, to pan around through this image
A very nice shot, thanks for sharing!
The ground and atmos look drier in that picture, making it naturally less saturated. It’s one of my pet peeves that a lot of modern images push saturation too much and make dry conditions look wet - but in this picture it seems motivated - the ground looks damp and soft, the conditions are misty.
Here’s my take. Another B&W, perhaps a little too contrasty, but hey, that’s my style.
DT 3.2.1.
_DSC1928_01.NEF.xmp (8.9 KB)Been admiring this image intermittently, just found the time to try it:
This is a very well-exposed image, ETTR right up to the edge. This processing is, None! I brought it to linear RGB, and this is it. No filmic, no saturation. I did use the D700 SSF profile I made from the camspec data, and lmmse demosaic, nothing else of note.
Here’s another take, color this time. I processed the image and tried out a number of LUTs. I kinda like this one, supposedly it imparts a bit of a Kodak Ektachrome look.
DT 3.2.1 & Lutify.Me’s Hersei LUT
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perhaps my favourite feature on the camera is its ever-reliable matrix metering. My new X-T3 is a joy to shoot, but I have had to relearn my exposure compensation settings to get the best out of it.
yours is perhaps the most accurate rendering of the mist and sky from memory. It was several years ago now though so whatever thats worth haha.
I’ll just mention that I’ve been following you colour calibration threads with great interest too. One day I’d like to do that for my X-T3.
I went a-looking through my data collection to see if anyone had characterized the X-T3, hadn’t noticed 'till now that Fuji cameras are severely under-represented in the collection, only a Fuji S5 Pro in the Christian Mauer collection.
That’s the rub in SSF data; putting cameras in the same place as measurement devices.
Regarding my “accurate” rendering, of late I’ve been doing PlayRaws just to see that initial linear rendering, before any tone curve or other manipulations. Your image struck me as it looked good right then, in the original scene-linear rendition. I messed with a few iterations of filmic, control-point curve, and even a bit of HSL color saturation, but I kept returning to the linear. A bit of mid-range contrast might be warranted, but I chose to post the linear one to show what just a good camera exposure might do.