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hanay78 wrote:
@RustyBug@@@ I read my answer, and I am afraid you may catch the feeling I was "defending" against your comments, or arguing that my post-processing was correct. Not at all,
No problem ... all good. 
It is a very tricky proposition to be not the person that was there ... and try to figure out what THE PERSON that was there ... wants to CONVEY as the EXPERIENCE of being there.
(sorry, not meaning to "yell / shout" just pointing out salient aspects for understanding the challenges that Socrate, et al have for trying to read someone else's mind, and execute it without the benefit of a collaborative, in person, effort.)
Our efforts to provide info / insight are only meant as AIDS to YOU ... I don't take your comments as "defense" ... RATHER, you are simply sharing your perspective as part of the communication cycle. Again ... all good. 
Cybercomms can be a tough gig sometimes, so no worries about you providing us with your leg of the communication cycle / feedback loop. Again, my contributions are ALWAYS going to some kind of a "guess" to what I think you might be looking for. Sometimes, we get it pretty close to what you're trying to convey ... other times it is a "swing and a miss". Here again, no worries ... we're just offering some input for your use (or not) and consideration. Ultimately, we just want to see you reach YOUR goals for the image.
Again ... all good. 
That said ... a point of clarification. When I said "daylight" ... that is mostly in reference to the tonal values and the lack of red in the sky. Your latest revision reveals a kiss of red (color of light / time of day), so it moves the image in that >>> direction. How far you take it / land it in that direction is certainly your call. But, without some aspect of the red ... the time of day is misaligned (imo), and presents as "daylight" ... rather than "twilight" (afterglow, sunset, etc.).
The time of day / color of the light are naturally correlated. We then have the options to adjust those colors ... and in doing so, adjust the presentation of time of day (or weather conditions). When we have mostly neutral colors, "daylight balanced" is the vibe it renders (imo). When we have other colors ... blue hour, golden hour, sunset, et al ... the colors / time of day are presented / conveyed. Imo, the clock and color correlation are something to be well considered whenever trying to convey presence.
That said ... I'd ask what time of day do you think your rendering was taken (earlier / later) vs. mine or Socrate's (earlier / later). The combination of darker tonal values and different colors should render a different emotive response. So, here again ... getting that aligned to what you want to convey is fully at your discretion and liberty.
So, where Socrate and I may present the concepts a bit exaggerated, the concepts we present are hopefully helpful to you to garner an understanding of what / how you might make adjustments DIRECTIONALLY. NOTE: folks often mistake DIRECTIONAL ILLUSTRATION as being our "final" image. The exaggerative presentation is often for illustration / communication of the concept(s). So, yes ... "too far" can readily be a thing, when illustrating such concepts.
HOW FAR to make adjustments remains your call, of course. That said ... your recent version has shifted the "time of day" a bit later than the initial post. Could you take it bit more ... IDK, play with it and see where you find that "more is better" vs. "more is too much" threshold, to want you are trying to convey.
HTH
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. I believe you were just given a "direction" for the post processing.
