Ben and I have both struggled with taking photos at Sunset Point, Capitol Reef. This is a tough area to shoot especially at sunset. The view from this point faces east and there is no direct view towards the setting sun. I have processed several images from this location and this morning found one I overlooked. This is another example where among other issues setting the WB seems to be a challenge. I haven't done a lot to this except for raising the kelvin in ACR.
Hi Jim, I know just where you were standing here. But I never had any doubts about WB here. I usually trust my auto WB and my processing usually adds saturation.
My camera almost always needs to have the blue channel desaturated afterward and sometimes the magenta. I have actions for that and do it globally. I sometimes see blue rocks or blue branches before I do this and I have a fully calibrated system including the camera.
For landscapes, color accuracy is not my goal, but to borrow from Kent, believability is.
The above image is very believable. But remember, I failed the color test.
Karen, thanks. Yes I would probably also pump it up a bit if I decided to print. I like your version. I could probably come up with something similar with a handful of tries and a couple of hours pp work.
Also, I forgot to mention the moon issue. The original moon was totally blow yellow/white. I dropped in the moon from a properly exposed image taken with a much longer focal length. I located it on top of the original and left it about 30-50% larger. It looked totally fake. By the time I pumped up the brightness, it looked more natural but the details were all but blown out. Should I work on this or just leave the moon as a bright spot?
This one has very little color correction to it ... mostly just a little desaturation in the red and a little sat boost in yellow and some sharpening. It's just S&P to taste from there.
As long as I am still getting help with this image. I thought I should post the OOC with
As Shot WB and also a shot of the moon taken a few minutes earlier. I still think this image needs a moon and would like to be able to see at least some moon features other than a blown yellow light. Thanks to all for the help so far.
