Green succulent plant pattern

Crassula ovata near Quito

Editing software
Darktable
Before
Crassula ovata macro photograph before edit
After
After velvia preset is applied
Categories
Beautifying
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This Darktable style applies the following tools (11 editing steps):

  • High Pass Filter
  • Contrast Equalizer
  • Local Contrast
  • Blurs
  • Color Brightness Saturation
  • Color Contrast
  • Color Zones
  • Grain
  • Shadow And Highlights
  • Sharpening
  • Velvia

The environmental lighting wasn't optimal so I had to boost the contrast in post processing.

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photo after edit
photo before edit

I came close to the plants with my Olympus 60mm macro lens, the tricky part was to frame the image so that it would convey a pattern feeling to this photograph.

Location
Quito