The sun popped out just before sunset and just as this amazing cloud rolled over the scene. Just lucky I happened to be there.
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Open in Raw (2 exposures, one darker for the sky)
Blended two backgrounds with layer mask
Selective Color to enhance and/or reduce colors
Color fill to reduce white areas
Levels for black and white points
Hue/Sat to reduce saturation in foreground buildings
Cloned out minor telephone lines and cell tower
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Good job with the horizon to emphasize the stormy clouds. Processing is a little much in some spots but okay. There seems to be a fake qualitiy along the tops of the trees. Good Luck. 5.
Dramatic sky, I also like the reflections in the water. What I don't like is that the trees seem cut and pasted, I guess this is where you processed the sky separately from the rest of the image?
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