This was shot on the same night as the 2 previous. As you can tell the 2 previous were shot after this. I came down to shoot the sunset and pier as my original target. The previous structures came on pre scouting or walking back to the car.
I like the pier shot it came out good with the reflection of water and silhouette of the pier. But the other 2 were much more fun to process.
When scouting out a scene to shoot I enjoy looking around first and getting a feel for my surroundings. In this particular area I have been there many times before. But never with the intent to shoot. It seems like you see things a little different when you have your camera in hand and ready to go sun is setting so you need to set up for what you feel is the best location to capture what you see. I like to walk back and forth from one side of the subject to the other to find the best shot. Always to look back and opposite to make sure you aren't missing something totally away from what you have planned.
Eventually what caught my eye was the sun setting under the pier and the reflection in the water. After that it is just a matter of deciding to catch the pier as a silhouette or brighter. In the end it is all what you see on that given day. Tomorrow, clouds, clarity, colors will all be different. It might be the same pier but a total different set of circumstances to shoot a whole new scene.
The Shot:
Single Exposure, F/16, ISO 400, 1/45 seconds, Sigma 10-20mm Lens @ 20mm
Post Processing:
-Raw-Noise suppression only
CS-5:
>Topaz adjust- get back colors
>Color Efex Pro 3.0
-Glamour Glow-Enhance Water reflection (Glamour Glow entire photo, used masked and Gradient tool inside mask for just effect in water).
-Graduated Filter-Enhance Blue in sky
>Adjustment Layer-Curves for global contrast
>Adjustment Layer-Levels enhance blue in sky further
>Noise Ninja-Sky only
>High Pass sharpening
>Vignette, framed and sized for posting
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