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Iceberg Factory (56)
bmckenzie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 57 W: 8 N: 38] (517)
The Grey Glacier and Lago Grey on an unusually calm day. Icebergs break off the face of the glacier and are guided by the wind to the far shore of the lake where they beach, slowly disolving in the summer sun.
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bmckenzie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 57 W: 8 N: 38] (517)
Edited by:kazan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 118 W: 59 N: 82] (757)
Bruce, here is my angle...

1) First I selected the sky with Magic Wand Tool (feather 1) and I applied 1,2 Gaussian Blur to eliminate the grain.

2) In the same selection I used the Curves for Blue input 100% output 0%, then RGB input 80% output 100%.

3) Now, for the complete frame used the Curves for Blue input 25% output 0% to eliminate the greenish, brownish and greyish hue.

4) Again for the complete frame used levels to increase input RGB level at 20 (shadows) and decrease at 240 (highlights)

5) With Magic Wand again selected the fron sea and Gaussian Blured at 0,8 to eliminate the grain again.

6) Magic Wand again selected some parts of the front iceberg (the highlighted areas) and applied Unsharp Mask at 115% - 1,5 - 5 to bring them up.

Hmmm, enough, there you go... What I did does not mean your photo isn't good. Just my point of a bluer, brighter sky and elimination of grain.

Hope you like it!

Panos