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Uploaded: 01/10/06 4:53 PM GMT
California Burning
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The background is Oceanside beach in California at dusk. After leaving that area we drove north and were stopped by brush fires and that is where I got the cloud of smoke in the foreground. I snatched the cloud out of its setting and superimposed it on the sunset and used a nighttime filter on the whole. This seemed to bring out the glow of the setting sun. So therein is the California burning theme--the sun on the beach and the smoke from the fire--the strength of the sun and brush fires.

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.Mudpuppy
01/13/06 7:33 PM GMT
This is exceptional manipulation. The darkening of the clouds and the light in the background. This is a clear image and the entire picture is fabulous. Great work.
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.chukar22
01/14/06 4:33 AM GMT
Nice concept, but I probably would have blended the hard edge where the cloud meets the sun.
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Donna68
01/14/06 12:27 AM GMT
I like this image very much, I like the hard edge of the cloud against the sun, it draws you into the image.
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