Extraterrestrial Sunrise

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Taken in Seattle back in June 2007. While looking for a Lightroom to Facebook export plugin, I found a post about creative RAW editing on Jeffrey Friedl’s Lightroom Goodies page.

I started by trying to get a "moonrise" effect, but I ended up with these beautiful tons and I couldn't force myself to bring it back to something more monotone that actually resembled a moonrise. So I happily settled for this "extraterrestrial sunrise"

As with many of my photos lately, this one looks fantastic when viewing the large version on a black background.

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