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My attempt is my feeble attempt at the style of Michael Levin



I decomposed the image into RGB and deleted the red and blue layers. I did curves adjustments to make the lights lighter and the darks darker (exaggerated S curve). I then made a copy of the green layer and set it into screen mode (that is what it is called in GIMP - not sure about Photoshop lingo). I noticed a few spots of sensor dust so I healed those. Then I added a layer mask to the screen mode layer and added a gradient so that the ocean part of the original layer would show through.

Michael Levin has some very cool images, check it out if you have never seen them - Michael Levin Photography