A romantic evening

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f/5.6 wide open. iso 400. 1/2500.

The colors are natural. saturation 0 and WB as daylight in DPP. picture style 'faithful'. Pure blacks created by pulling exposure down in DPP and tons of curves work. NR using neat image. No extra sharpening. I've probably gone a little overboard with PP this time around :-) But I liked the dramatic effect. I am going to pull back a little and try some different variations.

Cropped from horizontal. I had to crop more than I like as there were other pelicans and a log in the frame.

All opinions welcome.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the idea, composition and idea. I only wish the BG were a little smoother.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

I love the colours here . I might have avoided the -ve space on the top though . Maybe even gone with a square compo .

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Rakesh, agree with crop suggestion.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

The curved line is opposite bank. Its not really that curved. The curve got even curvy due to my curves work. Some areas became darker near both the left and right edges.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the setting Kaustubh, and I prefer your OP.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I like the OP too bhai.. the water and the bird positions makes this work well...

[Troy Lim]

It looks like the focus/sharpness is around their legs area. I would have liked it even more if they both were in focus, not below it.