Sunset edited in Photoshop, before/after my first attempt

[tswen]

Hello all,

Trying a photo shoot out with a topic that was in the magazine "Photographic" titled "Shooting with Available Light"

This was a shot i took tonight of a kind of dull sunset with a birch tree brach in the shot.

I shot the image in RAW format, and used Photoshop CS to apply color corrections.

This was my first attempt at photoshop editing, i always try to shoot the picture the way i want it the first time, and not really have to apply any edits later.

But here is it:

Camera Specs:
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel
Lens: Tamron 28-80mm
Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 1/640th
ISO: 100

BEFORE:


AFTER:



-Travis-

[squirl033]

second one - edited - is definitely more pleasing to the eye! nice PS work...

[sianon]

The second image is much more appealing. Which image matches your memory of the scene best.