Yesterday I took some photos in the Bakony mountains. It was snowing all the time, so the lens was always wet and damp, I could hardly wipe it. Despite the difficulties, I feel I was successful.
This one is a tree, covered by snow on one side. Of course unedited and not too interesting.
The following pictures were edited with RawTherapee (Similar to Lightroom but totally free!)
Turned to BW, high black level and contrast:
BW, low contrast and low tone mapping:
The same as above but with more black level:
High tone mapping and contrast:
Same as above but more tone mapping, contrast and some more black:
Now let's see the colored variations!
High saturation plus some vibrance:
High saturation, low black level, low tone mapping:
You may also see my similar post in the parallel universe of weKu:
https://deals.weku.io/community-deals/@kalemandra/my-photo-edits-rawtherapee-tutorials-for-beginners-snowstorm
I hope this tutorial was useful! Feel free to try RawTherapee, even on Linux platform!
Opinions:
https://expertphotography.com/best-lightroom-alternative/
