Idea 2 Monochrome
Go greyscale
Removing colour is another way to simplify compositions and add mood. Here, we used Adobe Camera Raw to create a greyscale conversion of the shot, also adding in a vignette to draw the eye into the frame. A square crop suited this symmetrical structure best. Filter used: Mist stripe and mist graduated exposure: 1/8 sec, f/13, ISO100 edit: Exposure -0.45, Blacks -20, Contrast +18, Shadows -65