Actually it's Lake Erie but Face in the Lake did not quite sound right. I love capturing pictures of splashing water, and this is one of the first ones I ever did. I used Topaz Adjust to enhance the details in the splash and then I noticed the face. I used dodge and burn to bring out the details.
I love the detail. Maybe I don't have enough imagination, but I can't tell if you're seeing a face in the whole splash or in the solid water part of it on the bottom. I can sort of imagine a face in both. The B&W conversion works well here, though I usually don't care for B&W in seascapes. I promise to start posting mine soon.
One of the things Topaz does best is pull out detail like this, so in that sense the image is wildly effective. Talking in terms of composition and all that good stuff, it's a little chaotic, but what the hey!
Wow, I can tell already I'm going to really enjoy seeing what people come up with for this challenge. Such a difference between the before & after! And I think the desat suits this image nicely.
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