Manhattan: sunset over Gotham - a photo on Flickriver

            A classic view of the Manhattan skyline at dusk from Brooklyn harbor.

On such a photo, the clouds and the lights are absolutely crucial to the composition. To take this picture, I choose an angle that I likely, and I sat on a bench for an hour, looking at the light changing and the clouds moving. I took a few shots (one never knows if the situation is going to get better or worse) and selected the best.

As always, I post-processed the shot using the open-source software "Darktable". I worked mostly on the colors on one side, and the contrast and lighting on the other side.

In terms of color, I used a variety of color correction filters. I first desaturated a tiny bit the image. Then I made the highlights in the sky at the center of the image (but only there) more yellow and the lights of the city at the center of the more more orange. And finally, I used a split-toning filter on everywhere but the upper part of the sky, to make the shadows a bit bluer, and the highlights a bit more yellow.

In terms of contrast and ligthning, I used a contrast equalizer in clarity present on the skiline to make it more contrasted. I also use a set of tone curve filters to increase the contrast between the sky and the buildings, making the buildings very dark. I decreased the brigthness of the lights on the side of the pictures, and I made the light parts of the sky, between the clouds, darker near the edge and top of the image.

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Taken in: United States / New York / Congressional District 10 (show map)

Taken on: May 20, 2022

Tags:

cityscape

skyline

sky

sunset

Manhattan

Gotham

reflections

clouds

city « less

Sets appears in: • Super natural • City scenes

Groups appears in: • I Saw The Light! Lighting, Night, Shadows, Light Painting, HDR • City Nights more » • Sea, Sun & Clouds • BEST SUNSET AND SUN RISE GROUP • in explore • Flickr Heroes « less

Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ100, f/8.0, 8 sec, 9.1mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-TZ100
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	9.1mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	darktable 3.6.0
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