Here’s my first variation from the original. All I did was increase the saturation one hundred percent…
This is my original shot.
The prompt was to take one photograph and to alter it in four ways, posting one per week for the four weeks in March. Here is my first attempt.
I’ve often noted that the vivid colors of a beach sunset come out incredibly dulled. No doubt a “real” photographer would know why. Perhaps it is because I am shooting into the sun. I’ve tried focusing elsewhere, and only occasionally have good results. The fourth version of this picture will be the closest to what this sunset really looked like. The second photograph above is my first, unaltered shot. My editing choices are not too broad, so my alterations will be limited to saturation, definition, sharpness, exposure, contrast, shadow and highlight control. I believe I often over-sharpen and over-define, so I am trying to hold myself back in that regard. So, immediately above (second picture) is the girl without her makeup on!
For other examples in response to this four-way challenge, go HERE.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Loved the original and modified shots, I have a simple camera and I get my shots dull too,I think that’s because of the camera quality 🙂
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Thanks for your reply. It is only the sunset shots that are dull, though, Ady, and I get good color on other shots.
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Hi Judy and welcome! Glad youre joining us 😃
This sunset has gorgeous colours and I really like your crop.
The dullness may have something to do with where the light is being metered by the camera.
Looking forward to your next edits and glad you’re joining us!
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Thanks, Robyn. I am hoping I remember to post the others. They are all ready, sitting on my wordpress photo shelf!!! Judy
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I hope you remember too Judy 😜
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Hi Judy, sunsets and sunrises are dull because our eyes see more dynamic range than our cameras do. Its why its recommended to shoot in RAW and then use a program (like Lightroom) that can process the RAW images and bring out the lovely colours as you remember them.
Here is a post I did recently comparing the two – the unprocessed RAW to the final image
Hopefully that might help clarify for you 🙂 Welcome to the challenge!
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The dullness you are taking about is IMHO two fold; one being the exposure as the sea and the cloud look underexposed, the other being the white balance. I good idea can be to shoot with sunrise sunset mode or landscape mode may help.
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Thanks so much, Ben. I knew someone out there could tell me what to do.
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