Theme: Peaceful evening

[Indranil Sircar]

I remember taking this image from Taj Mahal in 2001. This is the view from the back of the Taj as the river Yamuna flows past it. The lone person standing in the canopy structure and watching the sunset embodies the peaceful evening and reminded me of the emperor who built the Taj and how he may have enjoyed the evenings then although Taj was never a place of his residence. The Emperor's fort in Agra was not too far from this location on the banks of the same river. I used a DAP version to overlay on this image and then open up the river to give a smooth flow. Hope you like it.

~ Indranil

[Patti Edens]

Indranil,

I think this is a beautiful photo and treatment. The calmness of the water really makes for a tranquil, peaceful mood.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Indranil, Nice comp, beautiful lighting along with a pleasing use of filters. A pano crop below the dark cloud would also work. Nice job!

[Harshad Barve]

Peaceful indeed Indranil ,
Super traetment
TFS

[Kerry Perkins]

Indranil, beautiful shot and nice use of DAP to get a painterly feel! Very much looks like something from an art book!! Excellent use of light.

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, Very nice use of filters and the composition along w/ the soft muted colors work very well. I like it alot!

[Hazel Grant]

my favorite time of day, wherever I am. Nice, calm shot. I like the suggestion of the pano crop also, to get ride of the ominous cloud.

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful Indranil! Love that DAP overlay effect! I might have left a bit of the DAP layer on the river, just to preserve the "painterly" element a bit more, but man this is great!!

[Christopher Miller]

Very peaceful image, Indranil! I love the lighting and the painterly feel.

[Dave Phillips]

beautiful as presented.....would like to see a bit of amber color
present in the right half.
Also do not overlook the vertical.....upscaled this from your wee OP with Alien Skin Blowup,
removed the sun and changed sat a bit.....just a thought

[denise ippolito]

I love them both!

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks for all the kind words and feedback. Really appreciate it a lot.

beautiful as presented.....would like to see a bit of amber color
present in the right half.
Also do not overlook the vertical.....upscaled this from your wee OP with Alien Skin Blowup,
removed the sun and changed sat a bit.....just a thought

Thanks Dave. Agree with you and a very nice repost. I like it a lot... never used Alien Skin Blowup... I will sure give it a try. I did take few other vertical crop after the sun went down and almost identical to what you have posted. Thanks for sharing.