I 'DO' a lot of snow texture stuff in the mountains. One of the most simple procedures for me is through the use of the 'levels' module and simply shifting the mid point. I have also made some rather drastic tone curves to tame the values. Snow detail can be exceptionally sensual ... maybe it is just me. The critical thing is to pull every nuance of highlight tone into the open.
David On Sunday, January 04, 2015 17:56 Chris Siebenmann wrote: > What I've found over time is that pictures with significant amounts > of snow in them are my nemesis as far as getting things to look right > in processing, and now I'm wondering if other darktable users have any > particular tricks or ideas. > > In real life, snow around here typically registers to my eyes as both > fairly bright white and having plenty of details (often both large > scale, such as footprints, and small scale texture and so on). But when > I process my pictures, I'm almost never successfull at getting the snow > bright enough that it feels white and like *snow* while preserving > detail and texture in it. If I get it bright enough that it looks like > snow, the details vanish (even if I try relatively strained processing > in eg the zone module); if I prioritize trying to preserve details, > generally the snow comes out looking grey and wrong and not infrequently > the details don't separate anyways. > > So: do people have tricks they use when processing snow pictures? > Should I be looking at eg the equalizer module and its clarity preset to > really exaggerate contrast edges in my snow pictures? > > Thanks in advance for any advice, hints, etc. > > - cks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is > your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
