Weird light effect

[Colin Southern]

Colin

I have to say (don't you hate people who say that?) that each new version of edit that you do here of my shot reminds me of the constant stream of women that come into my life - each successive one is an improvement on what went before.

That might have been a compliment.

I'm sure your wife will be thrilled to read that

The only difference in the last two is the saturation level ... which is of course really just a "personal taste" thing; the last version is somewhat under-stated, whereas the one before that would have looked great on a metallic paper, all framed and ready to hang. And to be honest, either of them still looked OK as a grayscale.

In fact, that's a trick I sometimes use when trying to get an image to "resonate" on a number of levels ... chuck on a HSB layer - zero the saturation - and then get the image looking good as a grayscale before re-introducing the colour (and then getting the colour looking good) - so in the end you get both good levels in their own right, and good colour

[Wirefox]

Now that is more like our great British lighting. Love the burnished effect on the water and much more subtle than post No 15.