Photoshopped – the answer is yes and no. Light rays exists, but in raw file they were too dim. So I made them stronger, maybe too much. It’s possible that I make a new try….
I don’t want correct perspective. It’s just what I want. I used full frame camera and 28mm and didn’t crop picture… so it is what it is.
Thank you for comments and critics.
Ossi,
I appreciate your openness to critique. This is a great part of OPF. Your work is accomplished enough that it can weather even calls for greater restraint! There is the dilemma of too easilly accepting the POV of others. Some like Tom Dinning would be horror-struck at any mere sniff of a suggestion as to the composition or processing.
But we do need feedback. It can come in so many ways. But it is fair to say that in most cases, it is a valuable excercise to make all tonal, lighting, sharpening and color changes in layers. The problem is that the brain adapts to the process and one can unintentially lose one's frame of reference to the limits of normality.
I suggest that when things seem "just right", (after substantial editing of hues, tone or contrast in some way or other),reset one's view of the work by doing something entirely different for an hour or more. Then when one returns, make that layer 0% and gradually increase until one has the
minimum effect that achieves one's needs.
I find it is often 3-15% but occasionally may even reach 85-90%. Still, adding back an aliquot of the original seems to improve the picture!
Asher