Original: Here's the original from the RAW file (def conversion using LR). When I was there, I remember vividly the scene as more vibrant, more 'explosively orange' and more 'feel'.
The above original file lacks punch. For landscape photos, nothing sucks the life out of it more than the lack of punch or 'omphh'. The real scene was more vivid, more vibrant and much more dramatic. The sea was glittering from the last rays of the setting sun and the sky was literally on fire!
So, to perserve that vision and making a landscape shot, a little help was need ... just a little from Light Room.
Sunset in Lumut : The sky was on fire!
(Canon 40D, RAW, 1/50, f/5.6, ISO 100 with EF 85mm f/1.2L II)
The original was tweaked in LR: +1/3 Exposure, a touch of fillight to POP up the middle parts of the scene (literally) LOL, blacks +7 to counter the fill light in the shadows and dark areas, some clarity, vibrance and saturation to taste. 3 application of graduated filter, one from the bottom up to the horizon to bring out the sparkle in the sea (exposure +), one from the top left and one from the top right, to add a little -exposure and a little drama to 'frame' the scene. And a little luminance noise reduction, cause even at ISO 100, there was noticeble noise in the back gound area.
100% Crop: The 40D (aided by the superb 85mm 1.2) is good, very very good actually. Even with this difficult scene, the fine details of the boat was preserved. I bet with a little more 'PS' in CS2, even more details can be extracted. But that's defeating the purpose ... maybe.
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