Morning mist and early light on Penygarreg Reservoir, Elan valley, Wales
PS Work:
Crop and straighten.
Levels to nail white/black points
Curves to add mid tone contrast
Cloned out the dust. cloned out a tree at right, cloned out small rock next to tower
Neat Image to remove noise
Duplicate base layer and add gaussian blur, reduce opacity to 20% and the use layer mask to bring back detail in main tree and tower
Hue/Sturation
Smart sharpen
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One word. WOW! I can't figure out the visual effect on the tower until after I googled the name! The sheep in the foreground makes it surreal! Well done and best of luck to you in the challenge! (I think you'll do well, as the composition is fantastic, it's like a collage!)
Spooky - I can imagine Excaliber being thrust out of the water at any minute!. A knight on a white charger might have increased the Arthurian impact a bit more than the sheep but they're never about when you need them - and maybe it's a killer sheep finishing off the remains of it's last victim.
Great colours - just noticed the sky has a hint of 'Turner' about it too - very atmospheric and surreal.
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