Emerald

269/365 Emerald, originally uploaded by afortiorama.

I still don't have filters. This one was achieved exposing for the sky and then using a combination of advanced tone mapping plug-in and plain brightness-contrast function in GIMP to bring out the green of the grass. For the tone mapping 2 or 3 layers keeps it real.

I sort of kept in mind that is easier to bring out the details from darkened zones than it is from burned highlights. In other pictures I haven't done so that well and I had to rebuild part of the sky in the direction of the sun.