There's a storm coming

Was not happy with the original shot, but played with the lighting, white balance and blue colour (luminance & saturation) and now quite like this. Was not sure whether to have more or less light in the foreground?

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Storm brewing by Ian Waller Photography, on Flickr

Thanks in advance for comments.

Ian.

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This was the original.

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Day 2.1_20121029_0401 ORIG 1024 by Ian Waller Photography, on Flickr

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Numenorean wrote in post #15215001
Foreground is a bit too dark for my tastes.

Is this any better, or still too dark? I think that the white background of the forum does not help. Try clicking through to flickr and viewing against black background?

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Day 2.1_20121029_0401 lighter 1024 by Ian Waller Photography, on Flickr

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I like seeing a little more detail in the foreground too. Here's a quick edit and I kept it on the dark side.

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bob_r wrote in post #15217490
I like seeing a little more detail in the foreground too. Here's a quick edit and I kept it on the dark side.

I tried the same type of adjustments to this photo yesterday, but doesn't it seem to contrasty and noisy this way? Personally I think the photo was too under exposed to begin with.

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DaBowers wrote in post #15217523
I tried the same type of adjustments to this photo yesterday, but doesn't it seem to contrasty and noisy this way? Personally I think the photo was too under exposed to begin with.

I didn't expect terrific results working with such a small copy, but think the original copy would have much more detail (this was taken with a 5DIII). It was under exposed, but I still think it could make a nice image.
Since I had such a small image, I just did a quick edit and didn't try dealing with the noise.

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