There wasn’t any exposure compensation applied at the time of capture so the white cabin of the boatman’s boat had originally appeared almost washed-out.
Pulling back the highlights in post had recovered details such as peeling paint and rust on the said cabin. Dark and mid-tones of the boats around the elderly boatman were then darkened and toned down.
The original image was a little hazy and lacked contrast as it was taken from across the lake. This was fixed in post with some contrast tweaks and local darkening of the background that had apparently turned it into a blue hour image. Some noise reduction had also need to be applied to the sky.
This was captured with the exposure biased 2/3 stop darker to preserve highlights and then shadows were darkened a little in post.
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