Shutter-life|Adaptive photography and more, by Henrik Johansson

In March, I attended a computing conference in Atlanta. I stayed at the Marriott Renaissance just outside downtown. When I booked my room I requested a room on one of the higher floors. As luck turned out, my room was not only high enough, it also had the window in the right direction. I did quite a lot of photography from the balcony (e.g. Like an alien cure) but nothing was like the sunrise on my final morning. Not only was was the light beautiful, but some clouds also added some drama to the scene.

For this particular shot, I used the same preset as for You hold a special place in my heart. I played around a bit in the grayscale mixer, changing the luminance of some colors. Using the tone curve, I also increased the contrast a bit. Since the shot is also really attractive in color, I could has well have retained it in the processing. I have several similar photos and will probably process them in color.