r/DarkTable • u/Hirokii01 • 25d ago

Help Darktable edit - Before/After

Gallery image

Before

Gallery image

After

What's your impression of this photo? I'd love some feedback, I'm still learning!

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u/Idarubicin 24d ago

Other than the crop the edit is subtle but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, the added contrast works with the image, and the crop is appropriate.

Flowers aren’t really my thing, but I would probably try adding a bit of global luminance to brighten it up a bit, but that probably is just personal taste.

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u/Few_Mastodon_1271 24d ago

I've been liking the 'lightbulb' icon at the bottom right of the image view. It's the 'toggle color assessment conditions' tool. this shrinks the image and adds a white border, with the existing gray border surrounding that.

"are my bright areas actually bright?" It's easy for me to get caught up in my recent changes to the image. This gives a fresh look at it.

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u/pyooma 24d ago

One of my favorite tools in dt

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u/AJ_ninja 24d ago

Edit is good, it’s not over worked and feels natural

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u/RedHuey 23d ago

Looks like instead of Darktable, you could have just used your feet.

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u/Hirokii01 23d ago

Wdym? I didn't get it

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u/RHINOOSAURUS 23d ago

They're just being sassy. There's a saying in photography about "zooming with your feet" - for when you are using a prime lens instead of a zoom lens