‘The Other Side’ - Mount Bromo, Tengger mountains, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
photo by Iswanto Arif
website - https://www.instagram.com/iswanarif/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/PNAD9NjsYb4
Really looks impresive from this high a viewpoint. It was probably taken from a chopper, so I thought, why not have one in the photo.
I also pushed the blacks.
‘Solar Eclipse Above Indonesia’ - Solar eclipse of 2016, Isle of Ternate, Indonesia
photo by Babak Tafreshi
website - https://babaktafreshi.com/
original image - https://windows10spotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/26499fad47ec3c91f62158d5fe3d8318.jpg
Never seen an eclipse I didn't like. Also, the circular clouds are impressive.
I darkened the whole thing to emphasize the eclipse, moved the eclipse itself to a more pleasing position composition-wise, and removed some foreground branches that were a distraction.
‘Sky on Fire Over the Valley’ - Pinggan, Kintamani, Bali Island, Indonesia
photo by İlhan Eroğlu
website - https://www.en.ilhanerogluphotography.com/
original image - https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/93273333/q%3D80_m%3D1500_of%3D1/v2?sig=87b1aa72c70a8a827215f446d82d1f469227a9cdcb88b933e77f48df17bdd833
I mean, the Saturation slider does go to all the way to the end. Doesn't mean it has to.
Other than the unbelievable saturation level, great photo with great lighting and great atmosphere. There'll be more photos from this photographer, and he really does have a way with light. Oh yeah, there are some halos around the hills (see Pet Peeve #3), but here I'd say that's real mist, and not sharpening/clarity artefacts.
I set the color saturation to a more believable level, and fixed general contrast.
