New Dawn

Hi friends,

This morning I took pictures of Downtown Dubai shortly before sunset. And again I hoped you might just be interested in the details of how I have edited the image.

29mm, f11, 6s, ISO 200

Steps of post-processing the RAW format image:

Lightroom

• Temperature: 3600K
• Tint: -6
• Exposure: 0,00
• Recovery: 100
• Fill Lights: 0
• Blacks:5
• Brightness: +50
• Contrast: +35
• Clarity: +30
• Vibrance: +20
• Saturation: 0
• Export to Photoshop

Photoshop

• Apply Healing Brush (removal of lens flares and dust)
• Crop some of the foreground
• Smart Sharpen Filter (Amount: 40%, Radius 1.3px)
• Save as TIF

CaptureNX2

• Apply U-Points to increase and reduce local brightness
• Convert to sRGB with perception based rendering intent
• Save as JPG

Photoshop

• Insert watermark
• Save as JPG

Cheers,
Sebastian

Welcome to my Blog

I have set up this blog in order to give more background information on the pictures you will find on AblazeWithLight.com and to introduce my personal way of post-processing images, especially long exposures. I will also give general information about photography and I will as well let you participate in the new techniques I learn along the way. Because I'm always crazy about getting the most from what I see and I try to learn new things about photography every day. I hope you might also be interested in getting some new insights into the wonderful art of photography!

So shall we begin? If you ever have any questions, ideas or comments please let me know! I look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,
Sebastian