Savanna

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final rank: 13 out of 48 entries

My calibration may be off a bit; there should be some detail in the elephants, not much but a little. Any acknowledgement on this would be a good thing.

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final score: 53.3 %

votes placed: 222

submitted: 109 days ago

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Nice and moody image! Great job
(109 days ago)

Ageed. Nice image, good work.
(109 days ago)

kind of dark ... you could try hitting Enhance/Auto Smart Fix

(108 days ago)

where are lights?!
(106 days ago)

4-steps guide for Savanna:

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Entry guide: step 1 of 4

Masked off and cleaned up the two elephants ( http://www.fws.gov/dls/default.cfm?fuseaction=records.display&CFID=1657677&CFTOKEN=28252324&id=4679DDC6%2D1CEE%2D412F%2D9FA2A0275B612E87 ).

Entry guide: step 2 of 4

I found an image I liked at ( http://www.fws.gov/dls/default.cfm?fuseaction=records.display&CFID=1657677&CFTOKEN=28252324&id=385E9EDA%2D65BF%2D03E7%2D2A02AF7B36A1F96Dand dropped the elephants in it ).

Entry guide: step 3 of 4

Then I manually masked off the tree. I found an original sunset of mine and placed it in the background.

Entry guide: step 4 of 4

Then I simply started working the Colors, Levels, Burning and Dodging etc. Basically I cleaned it up, added a few shadows and that�s about it.

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