75. Pool of Light

‘The Chosen One’ - Schlern, Dolomites, Italy
photo by Albert Dros
website - https://www.albertdros.com/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/5327/30864935180_1ac7fc7f8e_h.jpg

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The warm pool of light that envelops the tree makes this one. There is some long exposure here that I'd be happier without, but it can just about pass - the clouds are still somewhat defined, and not just white mush, although they're not far from it.

I slightly emphasized the aforementioned pool oof light.

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48. Purple Heather, Purple Sky

‘Mystery Morning’ - Heather fields near Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
photo by Albert Dros
website - https://www.albertdros.com/
original image - https://i.redd.it/66hlnugoyb611.jpg

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Moody. I'll take it. I reframed the photo a bit - i think the tree looks better like this than dead center. More dynamic. I also added the crescent moon, hopefully oriented properly to where I think the sun is. I did it because there is another photo from the same series - Purple Dutch - that had the moon in it that I liked, so this is a case of having your cake and eating it, too.

Other than that, I darkened the image a bit, as I usually do.

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