Thanks guys. Sorry it has taken a while to respond.
The shot was taken quite late in the afternoon, so as you say, it was challenging. I decided to keep it fairly dark because of the lights on the aircraft. I thought it would add to the ...... (can't think of the word
).
I can understand why you think I have hammered it on curves, but I usually just use levels, and slide each end up to meet the data, and then tweak the mid tones. Is it because of the darker areas on the fuselage?
If I get time, I will try a lighter/brighter version
I think the thing I did hammer was saturation. It looks a bit orangey instead of yellow, or maybe it 'was' a white balance thing. I shoot in RAW and tweak during conversion. .
The thing that has surprised me most, is that you think it looks soft?
Anyway, I will see what I can do
. Thanks for the input. Appreciated