Sunrise Workflow in Darktable - Landscape Processing #19

In this video we process a sunrise shot taken on a very still morning in the Scottish hills. We pull back the sunrise colours, remove some distractions, and more!
#darktable #lightroom #landscapephotography

[@audio2u]

With the first rock, you could have taken your source from the opposite side of the image. This would have kept the luminosity transition equal to the area you were cloning into.

[@tonybarrett7557]

Thanks again for the nice vid. You can draw sharp angles with the path tool by using ctrl mouse click.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

In most cases it's easier to use the Clone tool for the first critical border-crossing details as the blending effect always comes in the way, and then finish with the Healing tool for the rest. The first boulder (to the right) should have been shaped through two healing tempi, e.g. a second on the top of your first. Is this central object a disconnected jetty of concrete, or a flying pile of books? Anyway a great image.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Good tips, I'll try that next time! 👍

[@emmypuss4533]

Thank you again.
I'm interested in the use, or not, of the clipping indicator in your videos.
In this one it seems to be on sometime before you cloned the rocks, then goes off again, and I wasn't sure how you use it.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

I'd like to give a highly intelligent and technical answer but in this case I'm fairly sure I turned it on by accident by pressing the hot key (O) and then realised it was on while I was cloning out the rocks! I would normally use it when preserving detail in the shadows or highlights was absolutely critical but I normally use the histogram in that case. The indicator can be a useful double-check though.