One from the beach today for C&C

[ecnal]

Took a walk on the beach and had my D40 with me. C&C appreciated!

I know there's a ton of noise in it.

 

[Plato]

Don't post something that you need to apologize for.

I cleaned up the noise and straightened the horizon.

 

[inTempus]

Here ya go, now it REALLY pops.

Hehe, sorry... I couldn't resist.

 

[TJ K]

Here ya go, now it REALLY pops.

Hehe, sorry... I couldn't resist.

Fake sun and flare that's pretty neat. :thumbup:

 

[Stosh]

The circles and rings I could figure out, but how do you do the sunburst effect?

 

[inTempus]

The circles and rings I could figure out, but how do you do the sunburst effect?

It's a very-very complicated and advanced Photoshop technique that took me years to master so that the end result was believable.

 

[TJ K]

hehe^

 

[ecnal]

I like the false sun, save for the fact that the light clearly hits the shell from the right

 

[Layspeed]

Maybe this was taken in an adjacent dimension where that planet had two suns? :lmao:

InTempus, that's cool, gives me another reason to want Photoshop.

Neat photo, OP, but I have to ask why there was noise in the first place?

 

[thebeatles]

The water in your photo looks fake. Now all you need to do is render some fake clouds and all that's left is the shell.

 

[ecnal]

I was thinking Tattooine, but there are no oceans there.

I have no idea why there's noise in the photo. Something I messed up in photoshop because there's none in the original. It was bright out and that was in ISO200. Ohwell.

Not sure why the ocean looks fake, either. I assure you, it's there.

 

[Provo]

Here's 3 versions I did of your file

the last one I used an overlay blend layer from an online wallpaper and added the sun

#1

#2

#3

 

[inTempus]

I like the false sun, save for the fact that the light clearly hits the shell from the right

OMG, ever heard of a flash?

 

[inTempus]

My edit was something of a joke, but that #3 edit (Provo) is actually kind of cool.

 

[Provo]

My edit was something of a joke, but that #3 edit (Provo) is actually kind of cool.

1,2 where done using cloud brushes, then lens flare, and a gradient layer of blue to grey top and bottom, I removed the previous lens flare that you did touch up

Thank you but I don't want to take any credit,I thank ecnal for the picture and the one you edited hehe b-breezy:thumbup: