‘Return to the Wild’ - Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia
photo by Mitch Green
website - https://mitchgreenphotos.com/
original image - https://i.redd.it/cj7g6szbr3181.jpg
Not much to say about this one, I like the atmosphere, and the trunks with peeled-off bark.
I increased the contrast, that's about it.
Valdez, Chugach Census Area, Alaska, USA
photo by Chad Peltola
website - https://www.instagram.com/chad.peltola/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/comjArgHF4Y
What an impressive vista. And colors.
But I thought it lacked a point of interest - it was just a big texture - so hence the plane. I tried to find an interesting one - a bush plane shouldn't be out of place in Alaska. Also, increased the contrast.
Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey
photo by Ascent Xmedia
website - N/A
original image - https://media.cntraveler.com/photos/5a7b386db7a3db05bf40e1cb/master/pass/hot-air-balloons-GettyImages-588944267_full.jpg
I think this is a yearly event at Cappadocia. Must be amazing, seeing all those balloons above the otherworldly landscape.
So, I thought that the scene deserved a bit more color, especially the aforementioned balloons. So there you have it.
Atacama Desert, Chile
photo by Oven Pérez-Nates
website - https://www.instagram.com/apatama_ph/
original image - https://i.redd.it/c7sztzdbgdy61.jpg
Another photo that, too me, looks like it was made to be a wallpaper. Unintrusive, yet interesting.
It did, however, have a terrible, horrible, no good vignette, that was a hell of a job to remove.
‘Another Year, Another Frost Covered Pine Tree’ - Daedunsan mountain, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
photo by Nathaniel Merz
website - https://www.nathanielmerz.com/
original image - https://i.redd.it/c1buzlu8ugd61.jpg
I think I mentioned it before, I usually avoid snowy scenes for wallpapers, I find them too stark. But this one is just about perfect - the lone tree, the backlight, the warm-cold color scheme. So there it is.
I did darken it juuust a little.
‘Red Rocks and Green Plants on a Rainy Day in Sedona’ - Sedona, Arizona, USA
photo by Lee Donahoe
website - https://www.reddit.com/user/Anjin/
original image - https://i.redd.it/q11rvw8u32x51.jpg
I like this kind of a landscape, very cinematic.
It was a bit pale though, so I darkened it somewhat. Also, the clouds were too monochromatic and flat, so I gave them a bit of volume and color. I think this improved the overall atmospere.
Rammamere, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/887p691sc5p61.jpg
A wonderful country scene.
I increased the contrast and saturation so as to work better as a wallpaper.
Baegundae Peak, Bukhansan National Park, Seoul, South Korea
photo by Munduuk
website - https://windows10spotlight.com/images/bca4d5e4fab6c7a2c2f124a2d2008b60
original image - https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-mountain-landscape-seoraksan-korea-morning-image59283029#res29250703
Windows 10 Spotlight version - https://windows10spotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bca4d5e4fab6c7a2c2f124a2d2008b60.jpg
Strange looking mountain peak and nice moody atmosphere.
I toned down the colors a bit as I think they were overdone (especially the magentas), brought back some of the detail from the shadows, and added-in some whispy clouds - I thought the gradient-only sky was looking too bare. But I was as subtle as I could, to keep the same atmosphere.
