I think I've ruined your photo!

Join me in this exciting episode as I take on the challenge of editing a photo submitted by one of our subscribers, Qanit Takmeel. Watch as I transform Qanit's image, applying advanced photo editing techniques to enhance the visual appeal and bring out the best in his photo. Whether you're a budding photographer or someone interested in the art of photo editing, this video will provide you with valuable insights and tips to improve your own photo editing skills.
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Editing Process Unveiled: Follow my detailed walkthrough as I edit Qanit's photo, from basic adjustments to advanced enhancements.
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[@qanittakmeel]

Thanks for the shout out and showing us the thought process behind the photo edit.
If I had not seen that particular scene, I would probably have liked your interpretation of the warmer tones so much more. But as it so happened, I took this shot when the wild fires in California had the smoke pretty much prevented the sunlight from coming through. The photo had been short slightly after sunrise, so the sun was not warm yet. As I generally try to aim for realism, I tried to stay true to the scene in my edit.
As for the night sky image, when I open the raw file on Affinity Photo, it looks much brighter than on your screen. For night shots, I typically make five copies of the raw file, and change the exposure to +1, +0.5, 0, -0.5 and -1. Then, I do an HDR merge, and save that file as a DNG. Then I open the DNG file, and do a frequency separation and apply a gaussian blur below the high frequency but above the low frequency. That allows for the noise to be reduced without affecting the details. From there on, it is a matter of dodging and burning. Unsure if DT allows you to do these steps (I know HDR is possible) but I don't know about the frequency separation.

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you for your extensive reply! Much appreciated! I didn't know you shot it during wildfires. I'd taken a different approach then too.
That said, all those things can't be done in darktable. However, it should be able to do it in GIMP I guess.

[@richardinmontreal396]

I like what you did to the image more :) You brought out more details and warmth too.
I'm not sure how to you RGB parade and that graph, but it seems powerful and I'll read up on it.
Thanks again for posting!

[@RicoResolves]

Omg, I just see how many comments you've posted! Did you have some catching up to do? Hope all is well Richard!
The RGB parade is great for the perfect white balance. This is achieved when all colors have the same level.

[@Quidisi]

Thanks for these how-to videos.
I do NOT want to have to pay for Photoshop for the rest of my life, so I really want to learn DT.

[@RicoResolves]

You're welcome! I have so many videos, that should help you out a lot!

[@embeddedbastler6406]

Is it from the video compression or do the trees in the back have some color artifacts?

[@RicoResolves]

Try again, let me know if you still see it!