Western Redbud Blooming (Mojave Desert)

A black-and-white edit was still missing here. :slight_smile: I don’t really enjoy looking at 2:3 vertical shots - they always feel a bit too narrow and tube-like to me. So I went straight for a 4:5 crop. It helps remove some distraction near the bottom edge, though I would have liked to include the base of the plant. I darkened the reds and brightened the blues. Then I darkened the lower part of the image and added a vignette. With a border, I think the image gains an extra touch of refinement. Thanks so much for the photo!


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Couldn’t resist another attempt at this. Hopefully, there is some improvement, at least in terms of ‘balance’. This time with RT 5.12.

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Darktable 5.0
Square crop; vignetting and Velvia LUT to bring out the subject.

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dt 5.0.1

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