Colourful Seashore Reflections (Cuba) • PhotoTraces

After visiting Cuba for a few years, I’ve my favourite time to go to the island, and I even have my most well-liked locations to go.

I want to go to Cuba in September and October when the summer time season is over, however the climate remains to be nice. And the place I like to go to is Cayo Sant Maria. It’s comparatively distant and unpopulated islands the place you may nonetheless discover the spots the place you may stroll for hours alongside the price with out assembly a soul.

This time, we went to Cuba in February to a spot we by no means visited earlier than; the island of Cayo Coco. It was a unique expertise. It was windy, the sand on the seashores within the morning was chilly, and the water was colder in comparison with summer time, round 25°C. However we didn’t complain as a result of in Canada it was -20°C.

The spotlight of the journey was lovely seaside we found in one-hour strolling distance from the place we stayed. The seaside was the a part of the abandoned resort, and for the whole week, we had it for ourselves.

Taking pictures

Simply earlier than leaving for Cuba I purchased a brand new compact journey tripod Sirui T-025X. I left my full-size Feisol again at dwelling and put Sirui to the check. I liked the expertise. I may carry it for the whole day with out even noticing it, and it was steady sufficient for a mirrorless digicam setup.

Modifying & Processing

It was a easy and uncomplicated single RAW processing workflow.

Lightroom (90%)

First, I used the Crop Overlay software to verify the horizon was straight and I additionally barely cropped the picture.

I used the method I outlined within the article: The best way to Straighten a Photograph in Lightroom.

Subsequent, I used the Pure preset from my Panorama Preset Assortment as the bottom for Lightroom Speedy Modifying. Then I used TOOLKIT to spice up the Distinction and the Readability.

The Lightroom Preset Modifying Method: Pure (1, 9, 32)

Photoshop (10%)

In Photoshop all I needed to do was to spice up the main points and diminished the noise.
Plugins: DeNoise (noise discount), Topaz Element (native distinction increase).

Complete Time: 10min

Earlier than & After Transformation