I’ve been sitting on this shot for a while. Took it at the end of summer and was pretty hyped about it, but when I finally pulled it off the SD card and into the tablet… nothing. I kept opening it, staring at it, closing it again.

Modern cameras nail detail but butcher colour. Compared to your eyes, they’re hopeless at rendering anything natural, and that gets painfully obvious with vibrant scenes like this one. I still remember how absurdly saturated the purple sky looked when the last light hit the clouds. The RAW, meanwhile, looked flat and washed out.

So I got stuck: how far do you push a file to match what you actually saw? Push too hard and it looks fake. Hold back and the moment gets undersold. I’m still not sure this version is “final.” Feels like it’s missing a bit of punch. Not sure yet. What do you think?