Gray skies over the Vltava River, Prague

Apps: Photoshop Express, Snapseed, Pixelmator

 

 

Backstory:

 

This photo was taken during a business trip to Prague. After a day spent in dark meeting rooms, my colleagues and I decided to venture out for a walk across the Charles Bridge (on the left). It was late in the day during early spring, and the sky was overcast and gray. A friend who had visited Prague previously suggested this location - a small plaza overlooking the Vltava River just before the bridge - as a great place to take a photo, and I had this in mind as we approached the bridge and snapped this with my iPhone 7.

 

The photo itself was quite flat in colors. I used the Autumn filter in Photoshop Express to bring out some darkness in the sky over the river, and then dehazed it a bit and adjusted the colors and brightness. I used Snapseed to further fine tune and frame the image, and Pixelmator to remove blemishes and make a selective edit of the building in the center foreground since it was a bit too dark.

Done