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korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1400 W: 0 N: 1702] (13715)
A huge thunderstorm is aproaching the Haarlem-Leiden railway track near the hamlet of Vogelenzang.
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korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1400 W: 0 N: 1702] (13715)
Dynamic range, ND Grad, noise, USM
Edited by:Dpbours Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 390 W: 57 N: 68] (2)
I started with the velvia vision plugin to give the feel of an increased dynamic range. It lightens up the foreground, but does not touch the darker parts.

Then a gradual darkness filter over the clouds diagonally to make the cloud darkest to the left top.

Then some hue / saturation and lightness.

Then I used noise ninja to get rid of the noise in the clouds.

And last some unsharp masking:
USM 80%, 0.3 pix radius, 0 treshold;
Edit - fade to lighter, 100% opacity.
USM 80%, 0.3 pix radius, 0 treshold;
Edit - fade to darker, 100% opacity.

Hope you like it!!