Australia Day fireworks - beginning at 9.30 (daylight saving time) they are fired a bit too early for maximum effect but the whole thing is aimed at families.
If only I were Wendy, the swans would have been in the middle of the refection! Actually I did get shots with swans (and ducks) in the reflection but they were less clear, or the fireworks were not as attractive etc. etc.
Open PSCS3
Crop
Duplicate layer
Topaz Clean
Blend mode multiply
Flatten
Open again and repeat duplicate/multiply/flatten
Select lower portion
Copy
Close and return to first processing
Paste
Blend mode lighten (all to eliminate the stylized reflection) flatten, image size.
Decided I didn't like the darker colour so I layered this over a copy with original colour and used luminosity blend mode then flattened.
Duplicate layer again
Enhanced colour saturation
Blend mode soft light. flatten
Neat image noise reduction, fade blend mode lighten. Sfw.
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