Matterhorn Sunset

[MGH]

Hi....This is my most popular photo on Flickr, well the old version. Two years on I´m much better with Photoshop so I thought I should re-edit it, I´m much happyer with this new version. But two years from now who knows, that´s the great thing about shooting RAW format.
This is fom two exposures manualy blended useing luminosity masks in CS5.

Thanks for looking, C&C very welcome.


Matterhorn Sunset by marcodemalaga, on Flickr

[Vrgl]

Hi Mark- Good capture! I think the yellow in the clouds draws my eye from the mountains. I would tone it down a bit. I can understand why it is popular.

[Bobobird]

Great image, maybe a bit over processed but a great image.

[MilT0s]

Agree with previous people.

The capture is exquisite but the image over processed. The sky is on fire but that huge sharp piece of granite is your subject.

[dje]

Beautiful shot Mark, wish it were mine !

I would also tone down the sky and it's reflection in the water a bit (reduce brightness and colour saturation, and a slightly warmer hue).

Dave

[MGH]

Hi all, thanks for your comments.
Well it seems unanimous that I over processed this one. May be but I think it´s prity much how I remembered it, it was really a amazing sky that evening and it only got better. Here´s a raw file in ACR with default settings taken about half an hour later.

Mark

[dje]

Mark it may well have been how it looked and it's totally up to you how you want to present it - as original as possible or with some changes to present the image in a slightly different way.

Either way, it's a wonderful image.

Dave