Photo taken at the shore close to Lelystad, The Netherlands, when a thunderstorm was coming in.
Post-process: I have a Dutch PSP9, so I don't know if I get the English names right.
Cloned out a few dust speckles.
Put in a tiny bit of brightening/contrast.
a touch of Neat Image.
Resized to 720 pixels.
I like to photograph the Dutch skies, because they're big and beautiful.
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Very nice shot. I brought it into photoshop, and it does seem like you could bring out the sun rays a little more and get a little more depth/contrast from the sky.
I see the light beaming down (which has an optical effect of moving towards the viewer) overbearing on the storm which appears to be leaving off to the right (and moving away from the viewer).
As such, I would have sliced off the land and gently cloned out the tall grasses.
It's got great potential and is a well-spied moment. If you want, you can PM me and I can show you what I mean more clearly. :)
Just for 'happy voting', I'm going to give you a score based on an average of what I see as the potential for this image and what I see in the image... and rounded up. :
a little more contrast would bring out great detail out of the clouds, and personally i would crop the grass at the bottom of the picture, not really necessary in my opinion
Nice serene image with the beautiful light rays captured some the sky. Perhaps some contrast and a selective colours adjustment layers may have lifted this image to another level. Good luck: 6.
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