A blue hour at the beginning of darkness at Passo Falzarego, a beautiful atmosphere during the day and a night that turns out to be even more interesting an mysterious
I took this photo just before darkness shoting on one of the main peaks and working with a focus stacking between the backround mountain and the foreground shrub
My main intent in this photo was to convey a sense of darkness and mystery, I used focus stacking on a bracketing series which that I blended with luminosity masks in Photoshop
WORKFLOW EXPLANATION
I blended the shot using TTS Pro to achieve a final shot with both background and foreground in focus, after this I increased the blue colours and decreased the exposure to intensify the dark mood
I increased details and I applied a orton effect, , after this I fixed contrast over the frame. I added a soft blue filter and with dodge and burn tool I made some painting over the shrub and over the mountain
I fixed the lights and darkness using luminosity masks and I increased sharpen over the mountain, as last touch I increased the vignette giving more light to the center of the image
I always hope you will find this usefull. I’m happy to ear that from you!
TECNHNICAL STUFF
Camera: Nikon D-800
Nikon 70-200 f/2,8 (used at 102mm)
Three Shots (-1; 0; +1)
ISO: 320 at f/7,1
Software: Photoshop CC2020
Plugin: TTS Pro
