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Sun and Signs

I love the way the sun is behind it.
I too :-) perfect composition
awesome....i love hte whoooole photo!!!
Amazing tecture
I like it!
The gradient from orange to beige is good.
olly olly oxen free!
oooo
I'm in love with these colours
I like the clouds
these bushy thing gives a nice object
way..
I love the mountains in the background. They set the mood for the whole picture.
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Excellent pic
cool colors
Sun and Signs by .: sandman.
After finishing the lessons in Scott Kelby's "7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3", I had to go back and revisit some of my older stuff.

I started with this JPG image, adjusted the foreground using Camera RAW and then made another image in Camera RAW and adjusted the sky.

I merged the two images in Photoshop and then darkened the sky, lightened the foreground, desaturated the blues and yellows a tad, etc.

It's not remotely realistic. The sky is pretty dark for an image that's looking right at the sun.

Oh... and if it looks familiar, it's because I did another HDR Version months ago.

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AussieinUSA  Pro User  says:

Great shot matey!
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madrakas says:

You put some hard work in it and I can say that it was worth it. It's one of my favorites from now.
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Sznerchu says:

fantastic composition m8.
great work
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*G@bry*  Pro User  says:

fantastica foto
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kasian83 says:

great work
wonderful set
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Great image.
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Pappagalla says:

Well done, and thanks for sharing the steps you took.
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jaeming  Pro User  says:

Surreal. I like it better than the previous versions
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.: sandman  Pro User  says:

Absolutely un-freaking-believable. Thanks everyone for the comments and faves.
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castilhomariana says:

It seems like a movie!
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Karen Cicco  Pro User  says:

Scott Kelby's 7-Point System is amazing. I just started it and already it's my favorite photoshop book of all time.

Awesome job with this photograph! :-)
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Awesome shot
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What a shot.....well done my friend.
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KellyBear1  Pro User  says:

Very well done - you really do have to work on my shots too!!!! Congrats on making front page of EXPLORE!!!!!!
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rtrabq says:

you have out done yourself!
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It's a great image, well done.
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Ana Santos  Pro User  says:

Wow, that's amazing. I can never get the sun and the exposure to balance out. Explore Front Page.
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Wonderful!
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amazing! love the lighting and details!

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I did not know if you knew or not but this picture is on the front page of "Interestingness". Great shot!
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Excellent!
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.: sandman  Pro User  says:

I'm totally blown away by all of this.

Oh... and thanks Leaca... I did not know that.
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lorjan says:

great pic!!
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sudhir1998 says:

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Darhawk says:

COOL!!!
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pierre m  Pro User  says:

Great!
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a r t i t u d e s says:

excellent, perfect composition !
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Miguel Etxeguren says:

Nice shot
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well done, nice image!!!
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megustoelsur says:

Great place! like a film scene! i like it... congrats!
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Well done!
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This really is a spectacular image, and well worthy of all the praise.
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your photo was the first CC licensed photo that came up third in my search for the CD Cover Meme... finished product is here
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great shot!
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m.prinke  Pro User  says:

I must say I like the edited version better. Nice!
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hirnhaut says:

extremely beautiful!
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Pax10 says:

Sweet. Thanx for sharing how you did it !!
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superlative work, I may have to read that one too, make me a contact

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Wow, seriously cool pic. The editing is very well done too.
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it worked. very nice.
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ToddieM  Pro User  says:

Arent there are any bars to protect this track? Could be dangerous...
Like what you did with the Photoshop.
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missnoma (just popping in)  Pro User  says:

Well it seems real enough to me....The hot dry summer sun high in the blue sky and just some great composition to make it really exciting......

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nachosquash says:

Very nice picture!!!well done...good hand!!
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Joy C.  Pro User  says:

This is a neat capture!
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Beautiful!
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bhaswan  Pro User  says:

surreal!
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This is an impressive image and has used the 7-Point system very effectively!!
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Nice Nice Nice Nice!!!!!
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VERY cool image! The processing looks great. It's perception, not realism, that matters!
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love it, just love it.

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beatiful...men...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Signs & Logos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Vincenzo 21  Pro User  says:

amazing
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That's awesome!!
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rachel.am says:

Stunning/
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i love this one!
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indredible!!
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Absolutely STUNNING image !
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Excelente foto! Já faz parte do meu Desktop!
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Great Photo!
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Love what you've done with this photo. Got me into Kelby's 7 point book in a big way.
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<wikd>  Pro User  says:

I wouldn't say this isn't realistic at all. I bet you could accomplish a similar effect with a GND to balance the sky and ground and a strobe shooting at the crossing sign. I think you've done an excellent job both in composition and post-processing.
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amy heiden  Pro User  says:

beautiful image! the colors and compo are fantastic!
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Fantastic shot, well done!



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beautiful
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AllenFreeman  Pro User  says:

Whatever, it works! Lovely look!
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awesome picture! :)
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Sunning photo! Great exposure, the sun blockage is well done. It's a YES for the main pool from me.
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moggierocket  Pro User  says:

You did a good job with it, it doesn't look too unnatural. I am a fan of these American desolate outside shots. The only thing that looks slightly unnatural and I would not have done is the darkening of the sky around the edges. But still very nice, very atmospheric so a YES from me too.
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Magnificent! The work you put in certainly paid off! I love the light and the composition is excellent. Well done


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Wonderful.

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