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Desolate Oasis: A Senior Surreal Photo by Jonah Abkowitz (2013)

My surreal assignment is composed of three images. Two of which are high dynamic range, or HDR. HDR is combination of three images, one low exposure, one high exposure, and one normal exposure. The first HDR image I had was the picture of the desert. It consists of the foreground stones and the mountains in the back. The second HDR image is the sky, which I masked in photoshop to increase vibrance. While I kept the foreground the same, I added an oil paint filter on the sky and mountains, giving it a texture feel and a surreal look. Lastly I put in a lake in the middle of the image, originally this space was occupied by dry desert landscape, until I masked in a picture of a lake. On the lake a gave a reflection of the mountains and sky, and I created a rocky shore near the foreground.
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