Hey team,
I’ve been working on this edit for over a week now, trying to push the editing further than I normally do. But I can’t get to a place where I’m even close to happy.
I’m now pretty frustrated with this photo and I figured I’d post it here to see what you would do with it.
I’m including a dropbox link with the blended .dng & the original 5x raw files I used. Depending on how deep you want to go.
There’s been several iterations of this edit, starting fresh out of the previously mentioned frustration. But my uploaded edited version went as follows (roughly):
During shooting:
f11, iso100, 15 seconds to start; followed by 30 seconds as the light was changing. Just trying to keep histogram output matched.
Basic adjustments in LR, chromatic aberration, opening up shadows.
Photoshop: Layer alignment, Exposure blend…
Foreground - Dodging & Burning using Luminosity masks - aim was to bring dimension into the rocks & bring out tonality in the golden yellows, as well as brightening some of the water flow.
The sky, is where I’m super unhappy. I played with so much dodging and burning, colour grading; trying to bring more detail in the clouds and balance colour. But things kept going off track for me. I kept staying way too cool or it would get far too sensational for my taste (i.e. the uploaded edited version)
Thank you for your time - Excited to see some different outputs!
James
Raw File
_I7A4887.CR2 (33.7 MB)
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