Tequila Sunrise

Can't wait 'til you set fire to it

Brilliant model!

The idea of an overnight motor rail service with sleeping cars raised a smile. Which make snores the loudest?

Seriously, very nice modelling!

We should remember that this is a photo, not a painting. Most if not all the natural fading that people talk about for the more distant objects should already be there - unless either the camera or someone after the photo was taken has adjusted everything to make it less natural.

One approach to make the overall scene more amenable would be to brighten up the darker bits, whilst leaving the brighter bits untouched. I did this quickly in Photoshop using the Shadow/Highlight function. I make no claim that this is in any way better than what we have seen already.

If you plan to use lighting, you may find this washes out the darkness in the backscene a lot, so beware or you may find all the detail in the backscene disappears in exhibition conditions.

Also, the more you brighten the picture as a whole, the more unnatural the sky will look, as you lose much of the cloud detail. If your software will do it, split the sky from the land and give it far less adjustment.