Canyon Sunset

The location and composition and light you have captured here are great but, my immediate question is if you have your monitor calibrated? The color is nuclear to the extreme. Also, are you using Photoshop CS6 with Adobe Camera Raw? I'd be more than willing to help you on your settings (I do this for a living) and I think the photo could be vastly improved. I also think the photo is very much worth it.

I have to agree with Mark. Great comp, drama, and light Serkan but the color is over the top for me. The canyon especially seems too blue / cyan.

I don't know what Mark is talking about, colors look fine to me!
But then again, im in a very very very BLuuuuuuue mood

Would look great if not oversaturated.

I don't mind the colors as is, but they don't come off as natural to me (of course this is art, so everything I am saying is just personal opinion). I think with a few adjustments this could be a real "wow" image. The comp is great.

Regardless of how the colors are treated, that's one wicked-sick photo! It would look good in B&W too.

Thank you for the comments so far. Mark, I didn't have any calibration device and I use standard display profiles on my Macbook Pro. I also use PS CS5 and ACR for the raw conversion. I would love to hear your suggestions about improving this photo. Afterwards I can also post the altenative versions.
Serkan

nice light & comp but it's very saturated IMO

Thanks

White balance might be slightly off. Just warm up a little in PS might solve the problem. Otherwise, a great image.

Though there is in fact a blue haze in the distance of such shots, I feel it's way too strong here. You've captured some wonderful light here, it's just a matter of tweaking your processing to showcase it. Not every moment needs to have mind blowing super saturated color. Often times, the most powerful shots are the ones that showcase the subtle nuances of light.

One of the things I love about landscape photography is that I can gaze at a photo for quite some time, and truly get lost in the scene. In a way, it tricks my mind into believing that I am there. This isn't to say that I'm a literalist and that all landscape photos must match reality -- I realize that there is no way to truly capture a scene as it was, and there is always some degree of interpretation.

From a pure artistic standpoint, the blue canyon is quite interesting to look at when paired with the warm light. However, this strong color cast makes it difficult for me to stare longingly at the image, and fool myself into believing I'm looking at reality. I don't have as strong of a connection with the image in the same way I would if it was a more natural of a presentation.

You nailed the exposure while shooting it -- that was the hard part. Now it's just a matter of fine tuning it in the digital darkroom.

This is a beautiful well captured scene Serkan. But the colors on my monitor are way over the top. You need to calibrate your monitor.....Mac pro's are usually very good. I shoot with a 5D11 also but for many years I've been using Canon's DPP raw converter. I get superior results, more accurate colors and my images are sharper than conversions with made with ACR.

I have changed the white balance and gone over the retouching phase again. I hope the colors on this one seems to be better than the other. Thank you for the comments so far.

I'm really digging the repost Serkan. The color is much more realistic, and it also helps to bring out more depth from the sky. I might consider darkening the shadows a bit on the repost to add a bit more contrast, but that's minor.

This is much better! Don't you think?