On Second Look

I posted a bleak winter sunset a few days ago along with a blue hour photo.

In going through photos after the shoot, I initially rejected this one.

When I had another look, I cropped it, lifted the shadows a bit, took away some of the heavy blue in the foreground, et voila, we suddenly have a photo worth sharing. 

I had to hold the camera up over a snowbank to get the shot, but it worked out well enough in the end. Sometimes when you shoot in RAW mode (ie not fully developed), you just need to nudge the photo a little to bring out its potential. What I didn't have to nudge in this case was the sunset colour/ That was always there.

Considering the trying circumstances at the time, I find myself liking this result well enough.