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<blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 605918" data-attributes="member: 22693">Didn't do any shooting today, except a few cloud shots. The Missus is sick and I feel lazy today. I have a gull shot from yesterday that I really like, but the sky just ruined the whole thing. I don't replace the sky much (I have done it on occasions) so I set out to do just that today. First I replaced it with a very subtle sky so it could blend in nice and look natural, but then I started playing.(That's a dangerous thing).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Soon I had a sky that looked like the apocalypse was coming.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; I did all the processing in Nik Color FX Pro. It's amazing what you can achieve with that program.Once I was done with my composite, I took it back to Nik to finish it off trying to get the bird and the sky to blend in so as to look like it was from one shot. Before[ATTACH=full]244805[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]244806[/ATTACH]After[ATTACH=full]244807[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blacktop, post: 605918, member: 22693"] Didn't do any shooting today, except a few cloud shots. The Missus is sick and I feel lazy today. I have a gull shot from yesterday that I really like, but the sky just ruined the whole thing. I don't replace the sky much (I have done it on occasions) so I set out to do just that today. First I replaced it with a very subtle sky so it could blend in nice and look natural, but then I started playing.(That's a dangerous thing).:) Soon I had a sky that looked like the apocalypse was coming.;) I did all the processing in Nik Color FX Pro. It's amazing what you can achieve with that program. Once I was done with my composite, I took it back to Nik to finish it off trying to get the bird and the sky to blend in so as to look like it was from one shot. [I][B]Before[/B][/I] [ATTACH type="full"]244805._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]244806._xfImport[/ATTACH] [I][B]After[/B][/I] [ATTACH type="full"]244807._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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