Found a spot within walking distance of my house I had not noticed before that I thought I would check out and hope for some something with the sunset. A bit of a scrabble to get too, but the colours in all those rocks were really amazing (the poor iPhone shot has no chance of capturing them). The sunset itself was a bust but the rocks and the old fence definitely became the subject of the image.
A really important part of any photo location is a comfortable rock to sit on while you are waiting for the light!
I was so taken by the colour and the variety of the rock that I had to capture them while trying to highlight the fence marching down to the sea. A light reverse grad used to try and bring the sky into bounds without loosing the foreground exposure. In Lightroom a grad to darken the the sky with a bit of added warmth. Some vibrance and clarity added to the rocks in the foreground and an oval grad to highlight the fence posts. In Photoshop used a luminosity mask to selectively burn back some of the blown highlights in the foreground rocks and a bit of gaussian blur to put in a bit of a glow. Soft vignette than to highlight the fence even more. Looks a little overworked I know, but it really is how I felt it looked as I sat there enjoying the sunset.
Canon EOS RP, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, 35 mm, ISO 100, f11, 0.4 sec