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How it was done

Passing a reservoir during a severe drought, a water depth of 35 metres had become dried, cracked mud. In some areas, green shoots were even starting to sprout.

• Three photographs of the cracked mud were used. The images were joined, rotated, joined and patched to make a large area.

• The top portion of the image was compressed to give the perspective of distance.

• The Distort > Spherize filter gave the curved effect.

• The toned sky was made with the Graduate Tool and the resulting layer placed above the cracked earth in order to tone the earth as well as the sky.

• The sun was made with round Elliptical Marquee Tool, feathered and filled with red.

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