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    I stitched this one together from 4 images that were taken handheld through the car window on our trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in September 2009.

    I really liked the outcome of the B&W here, but I do like the colour version as well, simply because the colour contrasts of the yellow grass, red sand and clear blue sky is such an asset of the Kalahari desert.

    I will post the colour version as well. Would like your thoughts as well??

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    here is the colour version as promised...
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    A good leading line with the road. The B&W is nice but lacks punch. Instead of reposting my tweaks, I am going to tell you what I did and invite you to repost it.

    LCE on the whole image using Unsharp Mask on BG copy at 50/20/0. I then masked over the trees that got too dark.

    Linear preset Curves correction I then masked out the upper part of the sky and instances in the FG ground that I thought needed it.

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    Hi Morkel, Agree with Robert's points. The first thing I noticed when I saw the B/W was the lack of punch. The image needed some pop to it since it appeared flat. It's a good candidate for conversion and I'll be curious to see what you can do with it....

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    thanks for the feedback Dave & Robert...

    does this version contain the punch lacked by the OP?
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