This was from my first visit to bonny Scotland in 1989. My plan on this day was to walk to the botanical garden, when this (what I thought then) beautiful castle came in sight, lit by the bright sun behind me and a serious storm ahead.
Btw, the garden was closed due to the storm warning so I took the bus to Firth Road Bridge for a good view of the fantastic Rail Bridge.
It is really unsharp and I will never again complain about my 18-55 kit zoom again
G’MIC Dehaze and an old plug I’ve not used for the better part of a decade; GIMP’s Despeckle filter and selective erase-throughs to clean the black specks in the sky (so if I missed some, oh well; lol).
GIMP.
Not really what I was trying to achieve.
Increase in contrast and saturation for the building and foreground and some sharpening. Reduced saturation and some cleaning of the sky.
