Blue hour anchorage

How it was made

1. 1

   Cropped to a panorama

   Cut the empty sky and the sign in the foreground down to a wide strip around the clouds, boats and reflection.

   1 tool call

   1. Cropped the photo· to 4032 x 1600

      crop · height 1600 · left 0 · top 1000 · width 4032
2. 2

   Separated boats from clouds

   Darkened the midtones while lifting the cloud bank's tones, so the boats stand out as black silhouettes against slate clouds.

   1 tool call

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Moody tone

      add_adjustment · points 7 points · type curves
3. 3

   Set the blue hour mood

   Cooled the shadows and water, and gave the peach glow a light warm nudge so the sky and its reflection read as one scene.

   3 tool calls

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Cool shadows

      add_adjustment · range shadows · type color_balance · yellow blue 18

   2. Adjusted the color and light· Cool mids

      add_adjustment · range midtones · type color_balance · yellow blue 8

   3. Adjusted the color and light· Peach highlights

      add_adjustment · cyan red 2 · range highlights · type color_balance · yellow blue -6
4. 4

   Finished the color

   A small vibrance lift to bring the color back without pushing it.

   1 tool call

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Vibrance

      add_adjustment · type vibrance · vibrance 15

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