Random sky shot above my house. To my surprise, there was Steve in the clouds!
Shot in RAW: Merged 3 different exposures from the same RAW file
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Gaussian Blur on the blue channel
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Steve brush!
Lots of dodging, burning, cloning (primarily in the Steve brush area)
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Thanks for the great comments and votes everyone! My new PB!
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Nicely done. Good cloud detail and you put the picture in a great spot. Nice detail and superb sharpess.
When lost I did see clouds at times, many very similar to these. The main difference, though, was that all I ever saw in them were voluptuous female forms. ;) - Steve
Ha! Took me awhile but I finally see him! Definitely got me invested in the image, though only long enough to find the face. The cloud formations are nice which adds interest. I like the richness of the blue and there is some nice form deliniation in the cloud shapes. I like the idea behind the addition of steve's face, but I do wish that the cloud shape was retained.. as in the bumps and crevices were still evident so it looked as if the face was form-fitting rather than blotting out. I gave a 5
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