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Seba Beach (8)
dcawker Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 559 W: 0 N: 363] (5263)
Seba Beach is on Wabamun Lake in Alberta, Canada. I woke extremely early one morning and noticed that the water was rough and went down to the shore line and shot this picture. As it was so many years ago, I don't remember the camera or lens that I was using but enjoy the rather dark tone to the photo. It was from a small print and scanned into a JPG.

I used the 'Rectangular Marquee Tool' to select the top half of the shot - the sky. Then I went to 'Filter' and then 'Render' and finally 'Lighting Effects'. Once inside this filter I chose 'Light Type: Omni' and used a radial gradiant to give the sky this rounded, darkened hue.

The picture already had a slightly dark, spooky tone and hopefully you'll feel that my alterations to the top-half of the shot enhanced this effect.

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dcawker Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 559 W: 0 N: 363] (5263)
adjustments
Edited by:mrcrow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 849 W: 210 N: 240] (3985)

adjust horizon..gamma, contrast, saturation ++
sharpen+++
frame.