I was out taking pictures of the sunset/lighthouse and saw this huge ship coming up from the marina. I haver never seen anything this big at the marina and when most boats were coming in, this one was going out. Quickly. I was able to get a few quicks shots at F5.6, 1/40 sec @ ISO 400. My camera doesn't do anything above 400 very well unless it's really bright out. So it was dull and underexposed to start with and took a lot of work to get it to this. It turned out OK but I don't like the deep blue water, but it's pretty much how it came out of camera.
convert from raw
rotate
crop
NI (several passes)
hue/sat
color balance
curves
levels
tweak adjustment layers above until I'm tired of it
resize
sharpen
save for web
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This is so beautiful! I'm so jealous of people who have access to this kind of beauty any time they want! Congratulations on a gorgeous photo and a strong finish in this really tough challenge!
Very fine composition of 3 distinct and interesting elements. (Possibly the high contrast of the orange in the sky with the deep blue in the water is what bothers you about the blue; basically it is the textures and silhouette that make this photo work for me, not so much the colour).
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