The original was taken on a day trip from Chicago to St Joseph, Michigan in January 2015 with two other 365ers who are no longer participating on the site. We went to photograph the lighthouse and ice that had formed on the lake. Like the photos from the Hawaii trip, I had little knowledge of how to process back then -- I had just learned about HDR so any image I processed from then was over-the-top in processing. It was fun to go back to this one, again using gradient filters in PS, as well as a soft sky from another of my photos, to create a scene that I think better captures the feel of the sunny but very cold afternoon. Thanks for your encouraging responses to the edit to yesterday's beach posting.
Wow this is fabulous Taffy! Well done on your processing. I thought your processing was wonderful already and it’s amazing to see you getting even better!
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a beautiful image