205. Steam

‘Prismatic Sunset’ - Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowtone National Park, Wyoming, USA
photo by Joaquin Baldwin
website - https://www.joaquinbaldwin.com/
original image - https://i.imgur.com/K68SA1z.jpg

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A really nice capture of the Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring. The iconic steam coming ouyt of it was missing (actually, I think it went to the left), so I added it in. This was much, mich harder to do than it seems, due to the reflection - I had to mask out all those meandering lines where the stone shelves jut out of the water, where the steam wouldn't be reflected.

As far as the color grade goes, this is the one photo where the original argubly looks better, or 'more designed.' But it's too unnatural for me - the sky is never really that shade of cyan-gray. So I let some color back in.

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189. Grass

‘Firehole River Sunrise’ - Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
photo by Rodney Lough Jr.
website - https://www.rodneyloughjr.com/
original image - https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fa3009e4b0152d9ffb33ee/1437238864170-MP8F4CHTAMAVKGQO6541/image-asset.jpeg

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An amazing photo. There is probably a reason this photographer has photos in the Smithsonian.

I just darkened the image a little as I usually do, so it looks better on the screen.

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148. Na-Na-Na-Na-Na

Scenic sunrise over Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, USA
photo by Anthony Heflin
website - https://www.instagram.com/anthony_heflin_photography/
original image - https://www.dreamstime.com/scenic-sunrise-over-wyoming-s-devils-tower-national-monument-warm-sunset-light-filters-across-meadow-gravel-road-below-image124973134

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Another land feature made famous by a... well, feature - Close Encounters of the Third Kind. A nice dramatic photo with a path that leads your eyes right to the Devils Tower.

The colors were too sugary for my taste, so I limited them somewhat, mostly by getting rid of the pinks. At least the clouds don't look like cotton candy any more. There was also a halo around the tower, got rid of that.

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