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.
Unknown location
photo by Ismail Niyax
website - https://unsplash.com/@ismailniyaz
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/E328aPWyD_k
Looks like one.
There was something strange going on with the horizon, so I straightened it out.
‘Clandestine’ - Cuerno Principal and Este mountains, Torres Del Paine National Park, Southern Patagonia, Chile
photo by Ted Gore
website - http://www.tedgorecreative.com/
original image - https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5349724ee4b056257cdcb44b/1455149006523-DJAPHH7TCQPQDTYTQ6ZT/24794871145_5f1c52194c_o.jpg
Nice framing by the couds.
The Magic Hour seemed a bit too orange to me, so I let some blues back in.
‘If Only We Could Turn Back Time’ - Piha beach, Auckland Region, New Zealand
photo by Anna Kwa
website - https://www.instagram.com/anna_kwa/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50115566652_99cd219e03_6k.jpg
But it's also an amazing composition. Enjoy the subtle waves in the foreground.
I removed some people and a pretty bad halos above the rocks.
NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
photo by notausernameagain
website - N/A
original image - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGgR4YCnchbQ4uYMYQUmgVMqRWdnNNCDLOldJYsCl-gijEhcqFYaNjpGh8-YxLlhv3BgkQ73J3VHJ7asgqTnc24QIZNhd_yk3_xVd5nCe9QfszDv4FR7V0-otcoq_gV-G3Ea8tQpN-FQ8it9GvqCqXeH0yVvk7O1g5fVsDHxqyJSo4___ki59N9UoyQ/s4311/181b_Original.jpg
NamibRand again. The long shadows and the minimalist composition were the draw for me here. I used to like lens flares and glares - I still do, when I'm filming something - but not so much for the wallpapers. So it got the boot.
And I 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.
Train tracks during golden hour, unknown location
photo by Al Ishrak Sunny
website - https://www.instagram.com/ishrak__sunny/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/ZRJurausAc0
Another nice atmosphere, but I thought it needed something more, hence the girl. She is a composit too - the legs are not originally hers.
Except putting-in the girl, I also cleaned-up some horrible JPEG artefacts from the sky.
Ponza island, Lazio, Italy
photo by Ferhat Deniz Fors
website - https://www.instagram.com/fotograferhat/
original image - https://unsplash.com/photos/Ref87M0aSDM
Another photo for my case against gratuitous long exposure photography. Look how magnificent the sea looks because it's stopped in time. All the intricate detail and lighting. Compared to what would be a foggy mush with long exposure, it's no contest.
I did some clean-up and fixed the blacks as I tend to.
