jonsommer wrote:
For me, it’s about the image, reality is totally over-rated, unless you’re a journalist, that is. And yes, the rocks in the foreground were lightened because I wanted the diagonal flow of the darker rocks in the middle to draw the eye into the photo so the viewer would notice the individual standing there and watching a most glorious sunset.
Ah, good, a sunset.
Just so you aren't one of those strange people who does sunrises. I have probably seen more sunrises by staying up than by getting up early since I retired.