‘Niagara Revealed’ - Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Canada-USA border
photo by Christoph Fischer
website - https://beautysurroundsyou.com/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452656382_91b0634dc2_b.jpg
Niagara Falls are grand just by themselves, but this moody lighting and great camera angle makes them spectacular.
I removed the sun from behind the mist, it was looking like white blotch.
Tegharghart, Djanet, Sahara, Tassili n'Ajjer national park, Algeria
photo by Chettouh Nabil
website - https://www.instagram.com/nnchettouh/
original image - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Sunrise_Djanet.jpg
Some photos are just perfect.
Lone tree, unknown location
photo by Johannes Plenio
website - https://j.plenio.de/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/MS2dni_S3Ew
Unbelievably atmospheric.
I removed the sun flare and fiddled with the colors.
Hoher Kasten, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland
photo by Janosch Diggelmann
website - https://www.instagram.com/janoschphotos/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/G6xYhlFAQzg
These colors work so nice here. Also, a very nice composition, with lots of foreground elements and great depth.
I removed some artefacts, balanced the colors, and enhanced all the detail I could.
Valley of the Gods, Utah, USA
photo by jasonseannn
website - https://www.instagram.com/jasonseannn/
original image - https://i.redd.it/j3inpv0tfua71.jpg
More rocks.
Darkened same.
Train tracks, Vitebsk Region, Belarus
photo by Irina Iriser
website - https://www.instagram.com/iriser_ph/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/nYIQYg8cQVc
I thought this photo, while very nice and retro-looking, needed a point of interest. So have a guitar player.
In addition to compositing him in, I also pushed the blacks.
Shiloh wind power plant, Montezuma Hills, California, USA
photo by Matt Granz
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattgranz/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/4683/24231842897_e8a0711772_o.png
Wind turbines, to be exact. I always liked this motif. And sunset really adds to it.
I gave the colors more punch.
Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, USA
photo by Steve Allen
website - http://http://steveallenphotography.com/
original image - https://www.alamy.com/overhead-view-of-spider-rock-in-canyon-de-chelly-national-monument-image68383794.html?irclickid=SdwweEylHxyIToKUQ7X4Nz5IUkG3H6x1BWmPwk0&irgwc=1&utm_source=77643&utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&utm_medium=impact
Bing Wallpaper version - https://www.wallpaperbetter.com/wallpaper/889/911/628/landscape-nature-rock-formation-sunlight-canyon-valley-desert-cliff-1080P-wallpaper.jpg
Sure is impressive. But doesn't look like a spider. Something else, maybe, but not a spider. So I hopped over to Wikipedia. Apparently, it's named for Spider Woman, a key figure in Navajo lore. Anyways, the aerial point-of-view makes this photo really stand out, and the great lighting makes it exceptional as far as I'm concerned. I used Bing Wallpaper version as a starting point, because they cooked-up some really nice colors over there.
So I just deepened them a bit more.
