Very interesting edit! I like that you had a different "vision" of your shot and then worked to achieve it. As for colors being different on DPC, if you shoot in RAW, you need to "convert to profile" to sRGB from the native format. This will make the colors appropriate for the web. It's an option in Photoshop under "Edit".
Roz, the perspective distortion you did on this is absolutely amazing! It turns it into almost a fisheye effect without being overdone. I LOVE it! Great job.
Great repair job on something that really didn't need repairing, except for the two poles. You have made it into a much stronger image. I'm not sure what all the things that you used on it are, but they worked.
wonderful reworking. the distortion works very well indeed! something i just learned is that, if you find a curves layer is changing the saturation levels too much, set it to 'Luminosity' mode, and that should take out any execcive saturation.
omg this is AWESOME! Great pp! The sky is gorgeous - I love the details on the clouds. I love the whole "the world is curved" effect lol. This is beyond my skill level. Nice!