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Mighty Rumm towers above Landrover (30)
paulartus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 99 W: 21 N: 147] (824)
There can be little as impressive in nature when the vastness of the desert is compared to a speck of humanity. In the photo you can see a tiny landrover driving beneath the towering peaks of the Rumm desert. Even where the vehicle is, it is a long distance before you get to the base of the mounain. Without the vehicle this photo would like a lump of sand.

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paulartus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 99 W: 21 N: 147] (824)
Burn and dodge + reframing
Edited by:rui_seabra Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 58 W: 7 N: 36] (205)

As I said in my comment, I would have used a different framing for this photo, and that is what I tried to exemplify with this WS.

First I addressed other issue I wasn't very confortable with: The pale sky and mountain. I added a second layer and filled it with 50% grey. I sellected "soft light" as the blend mode. I then, selected this grey layer (which by now shouldn´t be visible) and then selected the brush tool. I then added low oppacity blacks and whites: blacks in the sky and mountais to make them darker and whites on the sand and jeep to make them whiter, and simulate the burning heat.

After "straightening" the photo I cropped it: a bit in the left, and a lot to the right - in my oppinion the second mountain wasn't adding a lot to the photo (one mountain is enough ;-P).

The finishing touch was a white frame with 10% of the smallest width.

Hope you like it
Rui Seabra
Portugal

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paulartus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 99 W: 21 N: 147] (824)
Photoshop CS
Edited by:fayeulle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2538 W: 863 N: 6388] (24486)

Autolevels
Color lance corrected.
Shadow/Highlight tool
Noiseware filter (default)
FocusMagic (1)
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