Have you seen the new banner from Focused Photographers on the right?

I am an image of the week winner this week on Focus Photographers, wohoo!!

This has happened to me for the first time and I’m thrilled!

If you head over there and register (it’s free), you will be able to read my progress of the year story I posted in the forum.

with a culmination and a final chord.

When we were at the swamp last Sunday, there was that fog and I wanted to capture a beautiful picture of the sunrise with rays of the sun shining through the fog. Right before we were going to leave, I snapped this shot. Honestly, I didn’t think of it as of a keeper, but I decided to give it a chance. This post is about the transformation I made to this shot in post-processing. I fully edited it in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) and I’m going to share all of my steps here.

We got up early this Sunday. There were still some belated stars shining as all 5 of us set in the car and rushed towards the swamp to meet the sunrise.