The rising sun picked out great texture both in the cliff and the shoreline rocks that I had to get in there. This photo has the most water in it of any I took on Superior this trip since the skies were mostly blank like this. The shoreline was difficult to walk through and a lot of the ice was gone so I settled on this section of it.
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I finally had some time over the weekend to have a go at processing this image. I find the whole exercise of editing images that I didn’t shoot myself rather enjoyable and because I don’t have the associated memory of shooting the image, I feel freer to take the image in any direction that I feel suits it best. With that said, here is what I did:
I opened the image up in ACR and did some basic edits – white balance, exposure, contrast, shadows, and highlights.
Then some of TK’s LIGHTS and DARKS Triple Play to add some micro contrast to the light and dark areas of the image.
Next, I brought the image into the NIK Vivaza plugin to give the image a tiny bit of “structure”, and a bit of warmth and saturation.
Next, I dodged some of the ice in the foreground and parts of the cliff – the sunlit areas.
Then I added a vignette to the image.
And lastly, a final curves layer to finesse the overall contrast and brightness.
Again, I’m in your debt @Tom_Nevesely - this has much more of a sunset vibe with the warmer tones you brought to it. The rosy glow was basically gone by the time I walked back here and I like how the open shadows still have some detail. I forget that the Triple Play is there and don’t think I’ve ever used it since the only full TK panel I’ve had is 8 where it seems to have taken a back seat. You’ve piqued my curiosity about the action.
