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While continuing with the sunrise theme, today's shot was taken just a few minutes after the shot from yesterday’s post. The ambient light got a whole lot brighter with colors getting a lot less vivid. Ambient light change means the shutter speed is a lot faster making the motion in water more pronounced. At this stage, I used a 2-stop ND grad filter to balance the difference in light.
Another important factor for a good sunrise shot is the post-processing. When I started, I used to heavily process my images, trying my best to make HDR images look realistic. Then I got introduced to luminosity masks and it truly changed my post-production workflow. Another change I adopted was to embrace the shadows, HDR processing lightens the dark parts of the image. The shadows and the dark parts of the mage make the bright vibrant colors stand out more.