458-Powder Blue Evening

This was shot in the evening right after a major snow storm broke up. I used a long exposure to intentionally brighten it up considerably from the real scene as it was getting quite dark out. For those who live in Alaska, it was taken at 6:00 PM on January 19, 2007, so you'll have a pretty good idea just how dark it was. The darkness of the original scene is primarily the reason the blues were so strong. I could have made an attempt to color correct it somewhat but I kind of liked the blue. This particular version is slightly desaturated from other versions I have.

Sony DSC-R1, ISO-160, f8.0, 2.5sec