One more Sunset

spockling

Last one...


Enjoy

Jerry Curtis

Why the "last one"?
That is a superb image! The silhouette layered between two lighter bands - the water and the sky - is an excellent design... the colors are wonderful... and the composition couldn't be better, with that tower and windmill adding focal points.

rutt

Very nice. Show what an understanding of DM can do, eh?

I suppose you decided not to try to open up the shadow detail here. Would it have been possible, just not desirable?

Sky and water colors are way great.

Angelo

beautiful. the light is magical and the contrast between sky and water is great.

bfjr

spockling

Thanks All. The "water" is actually ice. I didn't try to open up the shadows. I'll give it a wirl and see what I can come up with.

And in that regard I have a question for Rutt. I've noticed that the shadow/highlight tool works a lot more when used after a curves adjustment. Is it more desirable to do a shadow/highlight adjustment before anything else or does it matter?

spockling

Here is the same picture using some shadow/highlight in it. I masked out the tree line of the adjustment to keep the silhouette, but it opened up the shoreline.

ginger_55

I like that much better. I seem to see a bit in the rest of the silhouette, too. I am old enough that I remember when details in the shadows was kind of a mandatory thing, so it bothers me when I can't see anything.

I really like your shoreline standing out. It helps that it also stands out from what is behind it. I wouldn't close that out completely, but neither would I open it much more.

ginger

rutt

spockling wrote:

Here is the same picture using some shadow/highlight in it. I masked out the tree line of the adjustment to keep the silhouette, but it opened up the shoreline.

You seem to have answered your own question. I like convert raw->16 bit; shadow/highlight; curves. I find I usually want curves after shadow/hightlight to restore contrast (which shadow/highlight degrades by definition.)