Storm over the Gulf

[keyseddie]

You fixed that hot spot well enough. And it's directly above the peeps, which helps the image. Isolate that area with your eyes and see. The peeps are absolutely essential in this image. Without them it's just a cool pic of cloud formations at sunset. The peeps are in the right spot and the two downward formations give the image nice balance. A very nice image that you tweaked well. It's apparent you like to play. Consider a barely perceptible dark vignette around the 4 corners to draw the eye inward. If it were mine I'd play with structure in the clouds to see what it does. That would be with Viveza for me. Also consider burning the beach a little and dodging every little tiny wave to make them more apparent. All that is software enhancement. If you are critical of your own work, as I am, a slightly higher camera angle would put the silouette of those two taller heads cut by the horizon in the water where the rest are. You did a nice job.

 

[pgriz]

Nice job on the rework. I prefer people in too. Otherwise, it could be some other planet...

 

[LCLimages]

You fixed that hot spot well enough. And it's directly above the peeps, which helps the image. Isolate that area with your eyes and see. The peeps are absolutely essential in this image. Without them it's just a cool pic of cloud formations at sunset. The peeps are in the right spot and the two downward formations give the image nice balance. A very nice image that you tweaked well. It's apparent you like to play. Consider a barely perceptible dark vignette around the 4 corners to draw the eye inward. If it were mine I'd play with structure in the clouds to see what it does. That would be with Viveza for me. Also consider burning the beach a little and dodging every little tiny wave to make them more apparent. All that is software enhancement. If you are critical of your own work, as I am, a slightly higher camera angle would put the silouette of those two taller heads cut by the horizon in the water where the rest are. You did a nice job.

Thanks. The original post is closest to the original image especially with the colors. The re-work ended up more purple and underexposed, I was trying not to over saturate things. I actually don't play much with my images, my editing style in general is only what's necessary or really makes an improvement. I have a pretty natural style.

I much prefer the OP with the people, now that I've seen both versions side by side.