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.
‘Acacia and Mountains at Dusk’ - Wolwedans, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
photo by Lizzie Shepherd
website - https://www.lizzieshepherd.com/
original image - https://www.lizzieshepherd.com/images/uploads/gallery/500/2928_namibrand_dusk__large_2x.jpg
Nice simple composition. I like the warmth and the colors.
So I made them richer. As a bonus, that also brought out the purplish-blues of the Belt of Venus behind the mountains.
Laguna Tuyajto, Los Flamencos National Reserve, Atacama Desert, Chile
photo by Victor Lima
website - https://en.trilhadeestrelas.com/
original image - https://i.natgeofe.com/n/546177eb-3e84-441b-a803-dcb9b90d289c/18-9107552_uploadsmember1002418yourshot-1002418-9107552jpg_lyth7bok7fq25n2z6wx6k2xuitp3eflutfvvbpyjwjhzlmh4iziq_5216x3477.jpg
Another place that looks not of this world. I like the contrast of the stark white flat against the crimson clouds.
I darkended the photo some, sharpened it some, and removed some noise from the coluds.
‘Sunset Towers’ - Mono Lake, California, USA
photo by Tassanee Angiolillo
website - https://www.tassanee.com/
original image - https://i.redd.it/7sw32la9xdl71.jpg
Crazy colors. Looks like another planet. I especially like the blue Belt of Venus above the horizon. If you don't know what that is, it is the shadow of the Earth thrown onto the atmosphere after the sunset.
I only had to clear some sharpening artefacts here.
First month done!
‘Buttercup Field at Dusk’ - Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/6cz3576l3t471.jpg
More Craig Sweetman, and another meadow (possibly even the same one? I told you he likes to squeeze water from rock...). This one has a different atmosphere, muted and dark. Very relaxing and pretty.
I removed some clarity-related halos around the trees, otherwise I think Mr. Sweetman's color control is great.
