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The background is the hills on the other side of the Loch through the cloudy, the bottom edge is the shore.
I think the photo is lower contrast than the reality.
When I'm burning the sky i'm just exposing at the same contrast and masking off the Whale and shore with my hand. Maybe bump the contrast for that stage next time.....
mi7rennie-
I'd say do it the other way around, where the sky stays light grey-white and burn in the hills and whale a little more, dodging the teeth and eye to keep bright. That way you'll have a more defined three layers of contrast, where the point of interest is strong and deep and the fore/background fade in varying shades of grey to white
pdlouche
Nice. Needs to pop a little more, but may just be the digital photo on my screen. Is that the shore in the background? Maybe mask the sky to allow that to come out clearer through the dodge/burn.
Did the changing box arrive?