urban and mountain landscapes with deep shadows

aadm · May 17, 2022, 2:09pm

Perhaps the title is a bit silly. I wanted to share these three photographs that I processed a bit more than my usual standards. The urban landscapes are from Rome, and I wanted to enhance the clouds and preserve the high contrasts in light:

20211113_CRP3539.dng (25.1 MB)
20211113_CRP3539.dng.xmp (12.6 KB)

20211113_CRP3608.dng (22.4 MB)
20211113_CRP3608.dng.xmp (10.1 KB)

This was taken in the Dolomites (Val di Fiemme), I wanted to boost the autumn colors (the sky was a bit flat so overall this is a forgettable shot, but it was a good experiment to try and work with multiple instances of colorbalance rgb):

20211120_CRP3665.dng (24.4 MB)
20211120_CRP3665.dng.xmp (16.9 KB)

All shots taken with a Canon EOS RP + RF24-240 and processed in darktable 3.8.1

This file is licensed Creative Commons, By-Attribution, Share-Alike.

priort · May 17, 2022, 2:53pm

Great images…My quick edits…FWIW
20211120_CRP3665.dng.xmp (19.5 KB)
20211113_CRP3539.dng.xmp (9.3 KB)
20211113_CRP3608.dng.xmp (8.3 KB)

EDIT I did mask the sky a bit in the mountain shot and I could have done a better job…

Thanks for sharing…

afre · May 17, 2022, 4:41pm

Thanks for sharing @aadm. As usual, the subjects and framing are spot on and interesting. It will attract lots of Play Raw ers.

age · May 17, 2022, 5:04pm

20211113_CRP3539.dng.xmp (14.0 KB)

20211113_CRP3608.dng.xmp (17.0 KB)

Jade_NL · May 17, 2022, 5:27pm

mountain.landscape.pp3 (22.2 KB) RawTherapee 5.8 Development

david · May 17, 2022, 5:29pm

I for one was definitely attracted to play with these images!
In GIMP. I tried to stay with the theme of high contrast, while attempting to bring out detail in the darkest parts. Increases of local contrast in most “zones” of all three.

dqpcoxeas · May 18, 2022, 7:04am

My version…

20211120_CRP3665.dng.xmp (14.0 KB)

Darktable 3.9.0~git1494.e4628ef4-1

Zbyma72age · May 30, 2022, 2:57pm

My version…

GIMP_2.10.28_Mantiuk2006_LAB

Zbyma72age · May 30, 2022, 3:15pm

Zbyma72age · May 30, 2022, 3:26pm

gaaned92 · May 30, 2022, 7:13pm

ART

Thomas_Do · May 30, 2022, 9:17pm

20211120_CRP3665.dng.xmp (10.7 KB)

Thomas_Do · May 31, 2022, 8:17am

And the other two …

20211113_CRP3539.dng.xmp (10.1 KB)

Thomas_Do · May 31, 2022, 1:51pm

Another approach. High contrast images are often great for b&w conversion. Just b&w transform plus some minor adjustments (sharpening, local contrast, exposure).