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Let's look at how to highlight this beautiful historic bank building amidst the busy urban scene on Royal Boulevard.

Not only can you create powerful masks quickly in darktable, you can also reuse them in multiple modules, saving time and allowing you to apply different types of changes (e.g. exposure, color, or detail) to the same masked area.

In this image, we are using an instance of the LUT 3D module with the Kodak T-Max 400 LUT from RawTherapee to convert it to black and white.

Shooting into the sun can result in underexposure and a loss of detail, especially in the shadows.

We've discussed a number of different ways to adjust colors in darktable, including color balance rgb, the channel mixer in color calibration, rgb primaries, and color equalizer.

Green plants in landscapes don't always appear as green - they can range from shades of yellows to shades of blues depending on the lighting.

While not as popular as subsequent albums, Golden Heart, Mark Knopfler's first solo album, is a real treasure, a masterpiece of songwriting and guitar work.

As we recently discussed, the new AgX module gives you fine-grained control over the highlights.

Let's review a few case studies to see how to use the powerful new AgX module in darktable.

This post provides an overview of how to use the scene-referred workflow in darktable using easy, step-by-step instructions.

The new AgX tone mapper and the older sigmoid module both provide controls to adjust the color primaries of the image, but what exactly does that mean?

AgX, the exciting new tone mapping module coming to darktable in December, is the natural evolution of the tone mappers that came before it.

Sometimes you have the opportunity for a great shot but it's blocked by a fence, tree, power lines, or other immovable objects in the foreground.

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Sailing to Philadelphia, let's look back on some of the stand out tracks from this classic Mark Knopfler album.

These beautiful buildings were quite colorful, yet the vibrance of the colors is lost in this capture due to the extreme difference in contrast between the parts in direct sunlight and the parts in the shade.

Considered by many of the cast to be their favorite episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Far Beyond The Stars is a riveting story and masterpiece of science fiction.

Often views as intimidating and difficult-to-learn, in reality Arch Linux is a perfect blend of simplicity, control, and stability.

They usually aren't light, and they certainly aren't small, but the unique perspective a telephoto lens brings makes it an indispensable part of your kit, even when traveling.

Profound and thought-provoking, above all else The City on the Edge of Forever is an exposé of the richness of James T.

Let's explore how to showcase this beautiful waterfall in Lauterbrunnen along with the colorful rock surrounding it and the iconic church tower.

Arguably the best Star Trek episode of all time, The Inner Light is a masterpiece of science fiction, incorporating philosophical elements and a theme of inner growth.

At first glance, ZFS snapshots, bookmarks, and checkpoints may seem similar.

At first glance, the exposure module might seem quite basic.

This two-parter from the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who features a compelling story, the return of the Silurians, and a call to bridge cultural divides and bring out the best in yourself and others.

April showers bring May flowers, but what do May flowers bring?

Let's examine the Orville episode Twice in a Lifetime, a touching and emotional example of a Kobayashi Maru scenario.

On the surface, taking photos of cars seems easy enough.

No matter which side of the great Tuvix debate you fall on, this season 2 episode of Star Trek: Voyager is a powerful, thought-provoking story.

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Tracker, Mark Knopfler's eight solo album, let's revisit some highlights from this complex, heartfelt record.

When your subject is old and historic, it may be desirable to give the entire image an aged, analog look.

The political, social, and economic structures of Europe are complex and unmatched anywhere else in the world.

Scenes with a high dynamic range can be challenging to work with - either you risk blowing the highlights or the shadows are way too dark.

DS9's Children of Time is a touching story of family, perseverance, growth, and sacrifice.

Transferring files from one disk to another or one computer to another sounds like a trivial task, but when you're dealing with a huge number of files and directories, ensuring that the data was fully copied and exactly matches the source becomes harder to

The mighty Sigiriya rises from the surrounding plains in dramatic fasion.

There's been a lot of discussion online recently about the new Star Trek: Section 31 movie and re-assessing past Star Trek movies that weren't well-received in light of this latest addition to the franchise.

Sunsets can have many fantastic colors, but they may not be very visible on the initial edit of an image.

ZFS is a powerful filesystem with many advanced features and two decades of reliability.

Much of the advice for composition revolves around certain times of day (e.g. the Golden Hour or Blue Hour) or certain conditions (cloudy vs sunny, the angle of light, etc) in order to take interesting photos.

Star Trek: Lower Decks concluded its 5-year run recently, cementing its place in Star Trek canon.

Shooting far-away subjects often results in haze, characterized by a loss of contrast and a loss of detail.

Let's see an example of how to take a decent photo and really drive attention to the subject using color and saturation.

The beauty in Star Trek: Unification, a short film by The Roddenberry Archive, is not in the fancy de-aging CGI, but the exposition of a deep friendship that spans space, time, and the multiverse.

A graduated neutral density filter (or GND) goes over your lens and reduces the brightness (typically for about half of the image) without changing the color temperature.

Fall colors are a great opportunity to utilize analogous and complementary color harmonies in a scene.

Darktable's powerful drawn masks and parametric masks let you quickly and easily make targeted edits to only part of an image.

When shooting a scene with elements at a wide variety of distances from the camera, like a landscape, you can easily end up with some elements of the scene out-of-focus.

Sometimes a great shot involves pointing your camera in the direction of the sun.

I was blown away with the incredible authenticity, emotion, and energy that Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, a cover band officially endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, brought to their performance.