Original Nik Collection - make the mundane magnificent!

I'm still using the free Nik Collection and am still impressed at the results I'm getting. I and my family recently went for a walk along the River Parrett in Bridgwater Somerset (England).

It was a lovely evening and the light was really good on the way back. Using a humble Sony Cyber-shot DSC-J10 a 16.1mp slim digital compact camera with a sony lens (not a Carl Zeiss one) I captured some basic scenes that didn't look that great considering the nice light. One thing I can say about this camera is that can capture colour extremely well. I find it useful for taking reference photos to paint from.

Using the following selections in the Nik Collection I managed to turn a mundane photo into a striking reminder of the evening!

I used Color Efex Pro 4.
Filters used
1st - Detail Extractor (Default Settings)
(Add Filter) 2nd Skylight Filter (Default Settings)
(Add Filter) 3rd Polarisation (Strength 200%)
(Add Filter) 4th Graduated Neutral Density (Vertical Shift Approx 46%-50%. Using this slider is the equivalent of moving a physical filter upwards or downwards. The object being not to cover elements in the landscape only the sky.)

Click on OK to save image.

Choose File, then Save As.
Enter File name............
Choose Format - (.Tiff recomended.)

Then click on Save.