Herring Cove Beach, Cape Cod
Increase Hue/Sat for deeper color
Adjusted Levels to reduce Blue and WB
Mixed Green/Blue channels to draw out texture in the clouds
USM/Noise/HPF
(Note to SC: Entry image was IMG_8182, this is IMG_8181)
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I like the candid feel to this image of people mingling, the beach scene and explosion of color are 'wow' to me- beautiful and amazing! the sun looks like an eye winking closed...while the sky above is touched with whites yellows, oranges, reds, pinks and even darker shades that border on rose and black... its beautiful thank u for sharing it
I saw the thumbnail and got excited, however the full image is a little disappointing. Would have preferred no people of one (the child) or maybe two (i.e. a couple). The image seems grainy and the processing is bleaching sections of the sky. If there was not people, I may have lowered the horizon a little more to capture additonal sky. The B&W border is not necessary when you are trying to emphasize the rich yellows and oranges IMO. Good Luck. 6.
Good use of diagonals and the colours in the sky are beautiful. However, there seems to be some haloing around the people, maybe a little heavy handed on the sharpening.