On the following pages, you'll see three versions of this photo, enhanced by me using Painter 8, along with a brief description of the processes used. Clearly this beautiful photo doesn't need enhancement but since Lance allows us, it's fun to see what else can be done with a good photo.

A little about the photographer and his wife:

I met Nancy, who is Lance Rivera's wife and a photographer as well, at Digital Nuts, a group that does enhancements to photos using filters and other features found in various software applications. Nancy is one of the owners/moderators at Digial Nuts and, in their collection of stock photos, are a large number generously shared by Lance for members to use. I chose this one because it has an abstract quality and contains such wonderful textures, shapes, and curves. In addition, the color and lighting are soft and beautiful and I found them very appealing.

Nancy shared with me the story of how and where this photo was taken and maybe you'll find it interesting as I did:

She and Lance live in Alaska. Each year, on the 4th of July, their town has a race to the top of
Mt. Marathon, over 3,000 ft. Just a few weeks before the race, Lance climbed the mountain and shot the photo up near the top. 

Wouldn't it be nice to have been there with him!

Click these links to see the three Painter 8 enhanced versions of Lance's photo and read a brief description of the process:

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