200. Another Big Round Number

‘Sunrise at the Ghost Town of Old Paria’ - Paria, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
photo by John Fowler
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/snowpeak/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/5bv-_tIwHFk

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Beautiful lighting and combination of colors. But there was something strange about the sky - there were some strange colors and halos where it met the cliffs. Possibly the clouds were added in later, or maybe it was just a result of a long exposure.

Whatever the case, I decided to do a sky replacement of my own to remove the artefacts. So now it's definitely a composit. I really liked the original atmosphere, so I tried to stay true to it as much as possible - which was not easy. I also darkened the whole thing.

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149. Windswept Once Again

‘Yorkshire Dales Sunset at Twistleton Scar Limestone Rock Pavements’ - Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, UK
photo by Daniel Kay
website - https://www.danielkayphotography.co.uk/
original image - https://www.dreamstime.com/sunset-yorkshire-dales-national-park-windswept-tree-limestone-pavement-yorkshire-dales-sunset-twistleton-scar-image185785437

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A different take on this by a different photographer, and in a different season - the trees have leaves now. Still dramatic.

I reframed the photo to focus on the trees, brought back some color so that everything isn't just yellow, removed a shadow that I didn't like from the clouds, and - this was the most difficult part - got rid of the flare from the sun.

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124. Impressionism

‘Last of the Autumn Colour’ - Stockgrove Country Park, Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/cterxdkppbf61.jpg

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Very artsy and exquisite.

I increased contrast a little and sharpened the image a little. But just a little.

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123. Painted Clouds

‘Green Mountains and Clouds’ - Monte Altissimo di Nago, Monte Baldo, Garda Mountains, Italy
photo by Cristina Gottardi
website - https://www.instagram.com/cristinagottardi/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/wndpWTiDuT0

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That long line of distant clouds makes this one. Not that the vista isn't impressive by itself. But I wonder if those clouds were there to start with - there is a pretty bad white edge around the mountains, which indicates either sky replacement, or oversharpening of the image. I can't really say, but i think that the clouds are the original ones.

So I fixed the white edge, and removed some of the orange tint - after all, the photo is titled 'Green Mountains and Clouds.'

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107. Gentle and Sweet, Man

Sunrise in Bedfordshire, England, UK
photo by Craig Sweetman
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/186801162@N04/
original image - https://i.redd.it/aslql2ivqvw61.jpg

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Yeah, I know I'm overdoing it with the puns. Sorry about that.

This is just so calming.

Only pushed the blacks and the saturation a little so it works better as a wallpaper. And cleaned some sharpness related white edges.

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