I feel like this image will resonate more with voters who take the time to really transport themselves into the scene. Quick voters will likely only find this average. Let's see how it does.
Took a little Sunday drive with the dog and the camera. I wasn't going to turn down this road, but then noticed the GPS showing a creek crossing the road, so I figured why not. I ended up getting some pretty cool shot form here, including some close ups of Sandhill Cranes which can be seen if you look very closely in the right spot.
Post Processing:
* Combined 3 exposures in Nik HDR Efex Pro
* Topaz DeNoise
* Crop
* Chromatic Aberration
* White Balance
* Increase contrast
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* Decrease vibrancy in sky
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
* Increase exposure, recovery, black point, and brightness
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