The Path of Defense

I have been to this location several times in the past, there is a post from 2017 that you can find at this link
The suggestive truglia tower is a bastion of roman origin used mostly used for military sightings. Destroyed several times over the years it has been rebuilt and today it is a pleasant panoramic point of the city of Sperlonga
Before being able to take this photo I waited a few days for an interesting sky and passed in search of a different composition from the ones I had already done in the past
I decided to compose the photo in this way in order to have in the same composition a good foreground element but at the same time of the leading lines that lead towards the main subject of the tower
WORKFLOW EXPLANATION
I captured 3 bracketed shot for this image that I digital blended using TTS Pro using the auto blend function. I increased details and the warm tones of the sun applying a warm filter to luminosity masks
I used the glow tool to lighten some part of the image and to create a glow effect, after increasing a bit the contrast I increased the color vibrance of the entire image decreasing the effect on the cactus
Lastly I applied the skylight filter of color efex pro limitedly to the sky to incrase the sunset color and as final step a soft vignette to better expose the central tower
As always I hope you will find this usefull! I love to ear that from you!
TECNHNICAL STUFF
Camera: Nikon D-800
Nikon 14-24 f/2,8 (used at 19mm)
Three Shots (-1; 0; +1)
ISO: 100 at f/11
Software: Photoshop CC2020
Plugin: TTS Pro, Color Efex Pro