Cindy Post
October 2025 - Peaceful ride.
About the Image(s)
Photo taken in Dunedin, FL on a very foggy day. Minimal adjustments in Lightroom. I cannot figure out what to do with the very light top of this photo and I did not want to crop it out. I’m looking forward to the groups recommendations
1 comment posted
G'morning Cindy
I like the simplicity of the subject of your image; it's a busy world we live in these days and it's refreshing.
As far as addressing the light top part of your image, a linear gradient (it's called in the Adobe world anyway) would do nicely here to target the highlights and bring them down a bit. The one thing to bear in mind is that you may need to do something similar to the ripples below, as the discerning eye may catch that the reflection shouldn't be brighter than source of light it's based on.
The image does feel a little under-exposed, so once you get your linear gradients added, you could play with bumping your highlights / whites / overall exposure a bit.
Thanks
Josh Posted: 10/11/2025 13:01:31
I like the simplicity of the subject of your image; it's a busy world we live in these days and it's refreshing.
As far as addressing the light top part of your image, a linear gradient (it's called in the Adobe world anyway) would do nicely here to target the highlights and bring them down a bit. The one thing to bear in mind is that you may need to do something similar to the ripples below, as the discerning eye may catch that the reflection shouldn't be brighter than source of light it's based on.
The image does feel a little under-exposed, so once you get your linear gradients added, you could play with bumping your highlights / whites / overall exposure a bit.
Thanks
Josh Posted: 10/11/2025 13:01:31