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bakes888 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3092 W: 42 N: 3506] (13408)
…fading to blue.

Hi all. This view of the Ruahine Ranges was taken on my recent visit to the Ruahine forest park and was taken from the road into the park from the township of Mangaweka.
If you look closely you can see the frost is still on the ground in the shadows, a portent to the glorious late autumn day that followed.
I spent an hour or two hiking in the Park and have already posted a couple of shots.
Converted from Raw.
Enjoy, Paul.

PS Henk did a nice WS and I’ve had a few other comments about contrast and sharpness and so I’ve done a WS myself. Please let me know what you think.
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bakes888 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3092 W: 42 N: 3506] (13408)
Edited by:trebuA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 104 W: 626 N: 0] (0)
With Photoshop,
• Adjusted brightness with Shadow/Highlight and Curves
• Adjusted colors accordingly with Color balance
• Applied High Pass sharpening

Hope you'll like it,
Guy
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bakes888 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3092 W: 42 N: 3506] (13408)
Complete redo
Edited by:bakes888 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3092 W: 42 N: 3506] (13408)
I’ve redone this shot from Raw. Converted in Rawshooter to TIF. Opened in Paint Shop Pro. Separate layers for sky and fore/mid ground then combined with the eraser brush. Local contrast enhancement with USM set to; Radius 50, amount 15, threshold 0. Saturation boosted 15 points. Sharpened with High pass filter; radius 1, amount 60. Resized, signed and border added. Saved for TE.
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bakes888 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3092 W: 42 N: 3506] (13408)
Photoshop CS3
Edited by:Floydian Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4474 W: 837 N: 7344] (26906)
The original lacks a bit of contrast and colours. I gave it a large boost with a play with levels, contrast, saturation and strokes with brushes in combination with a deeper blue sky.

Hope you like it...