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It had been a long week in downtown Sacramento, CA where I had been staying with my brother and his family working on a recording project during the day and preaching for revival services in the evenings. But now it was Monday morning and time for some sightseeing! The day started early as we headed to San Fransisco, hoping to get ahead of some of the traffic! It was not the bright sunny day we had hoped for but we were happy that it was not raining. After visiting some of the well known areas of San Fransisco, we headed toward the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean. I had imaginations of a perfect sunset over the ocean as the thick blanket of clouds parted to allow the sinking sun to paint them with vivid colors before slipping below the horizon. However, such visual grandeur developed only in my imagination and never became a reality on that evening. But even so, I did what I could to photograph the ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge. This particular composition of the bridge appealed to me for several reasons and in spite of the dull gray lighting I thought that maybe I could salvage it with some creative editing. So I went to work in both Lightroom and Photoshop. Here is the original as well as my “salvaged” version. Let me know what you think! Did I go too far in trying to inject some color into a gray day? Does it look unnatural?
Nikon D7100
ISO 125
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I know what that’s like, having an opportunity with weather that won’t cooperate! The thing that strikes my eye as looking unnatural is the cloud line on the right, just above the horizon. There was probably a highlight blown beyond recovery? The sky does look a bit processed. I like how you darkened it, but personally I might have left it the slightest bit grayer I like all the rest of the colours as you edited them. The colour of the bridge is quite striking, as it ought to. The grass, dirt and hills look all exactly as one would expect. I’d say you did a fantastic job at recovering rather bleak lighting. I’ve been often out in such weather and have almost nothing anything at all as nice to show for it.
From what I’ve heard anything but a grey day would be abnormal though perhaps not unnatural in that location, but that aside, my first thought was that I would like to go there some time, too… My only critique would be that the colour of the bridge itself is not quite what I am used to. Of course, I have never been there before, and perhaps I am basing it on images that have been over-processed. Maybe you could look up International Orange and see what an equivalent RGB colour would be…
Hey @dan-cope, I feel like I said everything I wanted to say about your shot on the Photo Critique Webinar last night! Feel free to re-watch it if you’d like at https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar121217/
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