challenge 41

another editing challenge original image can be found here www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-merton/6221386931/

 

I started this one with the RAW image as provided by Contemplative

 

First imported into lightroom and made minor correction with Totally Rad basics "smack my pics up" plugin.

exported into Photoshop and replaced sky

then back to lightroom

Then I created 8 virtual copies

Adjusted exposure levels to range from -3 to +3 with a 1.0 difference

exported into Photomatrix

Tonemapped HDR composite

Last I used neat image to clean up the noise created in the HDR process

Done