I'm in the process of putting some of my personal favourites up here - this was earlier this year with my younger son posing for me in front of a lovely Devonshire sunset.

[Photogoof]

This is just perfect.

[ranmar850]

excellent composition and PP

[ffking]

This is just perfect.

Thanks - it's great when the sunset catches fire just when you need it to

[torashi]

Wow, this is just a stunning picture. It really stands out. First the colors, and then the human element once one takes a better look at it.
I must ask how much PP went into it. Thanks for sharing.

[ffking]

I must ask how much PP went into it.

Thank you! My son says the water was freezing, but otherwise a very nice moment. I don't recall doing a lot of PP - mostly just bumping up the contrast of the RAW file and adjusting the WB a bit - I tend to leave the camera on 'daylight' and it can go bit blue in the evenings. Myusual objective in PP is to try to be true to the feel of the scene as I experienced it,not always to the camera's interpretation of it, but that doesn't work if you stray too far from reality in pursuit of impact or whatever because that's not true to what you saw.

[torashi]

Thank you! My son says the water was freezing, but otherwise a very nice moment. I don't recall doing a lot of PP - mostly just bumping up the contrast of the RAW file and adjusting the WB a bit - I tend to leave the camera on 'daylight' and it can go bit blue in the evenings. Myusual objective in PP is to try to be true to the feel of the scene as I experienced it,not always to the camera's interpretation of it, but that doesn't work if you stray too far from reality in pursuit of impact or whatever because that's not true to what you saw.

I had a feeling it wasn't too processed. And funny thing, I leave my WB set at daylight, too. Specially since there are so many white LED lights nowadays and that makes the orange sodium vapour lights look normal.
The blue sky glow is normal in the early evening and before sunrise. It's very colorful on longer exposures, although the eye can't really see it since it's so dim. But it's there and is no PP trick. I just can't recall the astronomical name right now.

[ffking]

And funny thing, I leave my WB set at daylight, too.

I shoot almost exclusively outdoors, and so it makes sense to me - I like the different colours of artificial light in a low light shot and I certainly don't want to white balance them away

[torashi]

I shoot almost exclusively outdoors, and so it makes sense to me - I like the different colours of artificial light in a low light shot and I certainly don't want to white balance them away

Same for me.

[reh321]

I'm in the process of putting some of my personal favourites up here - this was earlier this year with my younger son posing for me in front of a lovely Devonshire sunset.

This is an absolutely beautiful photo - it would be "photo of the year" on my computer - if it were on my computer

[ffking]

This is an absolutely beautiful photo - it would be "photo of the year" on my computer - if it were on my computer

What can I say? Thank you! - Sometimes things just come together for you, and this was one of them

[bladerunner6]

This creates a great mood, I really like it. Good colors also.

[wtlwdwgn]

Beautifully captured!

[GRB]

Very nicely done.

[ffking]

This creates a great mood, I really like it. Good colors also.

Thank you.

btw, apologies for only answering one person at a time - it's my little contribution to the K-1 giveaway post count