Please try editing a poor image (to help select a replacement for Aperture)
Jun 25, 2019 16:41:05 #
Many thanks to those who replied! In DxO PhotoLab 2, did you use the "Clearview" tool?
Jun 25, 2019 20:22:22 #
Jun 25, 2019 20:24:41 #
Jun 25, 2019 20:39:46 #
David Martin
Loc: Cary, NC
tonyjag wrote:
Many thanks to those who replied! In DxO PhotoLab 2, did you use the "Clearview" tool?
Yes, it was the primary tool used.
Jun 25, 2019 23:55:17 #
Hi, in response to your question (In DxO PhotoLab 2, did you use the "Clearview" tool?), yes I did. However I went back and tried to get a little wiggle room (JPGs are compressed and live in the RGB color space).
I converted both, the file's format (to TIFF) and color space LAB). That change allowed me to pull some of the detail out, and bring tonal balance without compromising the file. This is the final product.
I converted both, the file's format (to TIFF) and color space LAB). That change allowed me to pull some of the detail out, and bring tonal balance without compromising the file. This is the final product.
Jun 26, 2019 00:29:33 #
The results achieved by the many experimenters are quite varied. Without knowing what the scene actually looked like it is impossible to decide which, if any, of the "improved" versions better represents the original view. It might be nice if the OP would give some feedback as to what he actually saw, and if any of the adjusted versions even come close.
Jun 26, 2019 11:21:05 #
David in Dallas wrote:
The results achieved by the many experimenters are quite varied. Without knowing what the scene actually looked like it is impossible to decide which, if any, of the "improved" versions better represents the original view. It might be nice if the OP would give some feedback as to what he actually saw, and if any of the adjusted versions even come close.
Good points. Yes, they are varied, but I haven't yet decided on which is "best", which to me is not what it actually looked like, which, as I recall ~5 months later, is the very hazy second image in the original post that everyone is trying to improve. To get an idea of what it should look like sans haze and airplane window effects, i used Google Earth pro to try to get the same view (see attachment). Using the historical imaging feature, i could look at previous imagery dates. The colors vary wildly with season, so i tried to find one also taken in January and ended up with one from 10 years ago. There is a later January one, but it has clouds. Sun angle, which is critical to color and revealing topography via shadows, was not the same as in my picture.
-Tony (The OP)
Jun 26, 2019 13:02:01 #
I wondered if that were Uluru (Ayers Rock). I was there in March 2017 and took photos from the ground. In full sunlight it's pretty orangy. Here is an example: 
DSC_2359.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
DSC_2359.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
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