It's been a while since I have entered an expert editing challenge. I really wish there weren't so many ran, as my digital art skills are basically nonexistent, which really deters me from challenges that favor that skill. But in this case, I feel the Expert portion will be used more heavily for the text adding than anything else, so I will take my chances.
The photo in this entry was somewhat of a lucky shot. I did plan on heading to this area in the morning, but I didn't really plan on going specifically here. When my first location wasn't lit right due to the clouds, I had to search out alternatives, and this is what I found.
The message I'm trying to send with this corresponds with the sun barely peaking through the clouds and the tree. Even with nature trying to block it from sight, we can still see its effect.
Post Processing:
* Chromatic Aberration
* White Balance
* Combine 3 exposures in Nik HDR Efex Pro
* White Balance again
* Increase black point and brightness
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S-curve
* Highlights
* Remove blue color cast from clouds
* Topaz DeNoise
* Add black border in Graphic Converter
* Add text in Pixelmator
* Resize
* Save as JPEG
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