This is the Arthur Ravenel Bridge in Charleston SC taken from the Mount Pleasant side of the Cooper River.
I'm trying to get better at keeping track of the editing steps I take to get a final image, so here goes:
Adobe RAW adjustments:
Temperature 7600
Tint +2
Exposure +0.55
Recovery 78
Fill Light 50
Blacks 20
Brightness +58
Contrast +25
Clarity 0
Vibrance +43
Saturation 0
Open in CS3
Crop
Curves Adjustment Layer: Strong Contrast Preset
Neat Image
Smart Sharpen 85%, 3.1px
I wanted the colors in the sky to pop a little more, so I did a conversion to Lab color and tweaked the lightness channel in curves a little bit at this point. (Never tried this before, so i was just sort of playing here. :)
Resize
Smart Sharpen 85% 0.2px
SFW
:)
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The sun looks like it's still kinda high and maybe some oversharpening in the small twig-like branches of the tree. The lighting off the building is nice.
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