I wanted to keep the look started in each image. The most fantastic sights I know of are at Mount Rainier National Park and The Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan. Ice and fire, cold and desolate, dry and moist.

Some appeared to make impressive poster-like material, so I tried to induce that effect with different filters.

Other images were so picturesque, they only looked good through filters that simulated paintings.

A few had such layering in the image, it only seemed appropriate to soften the detail and toy with the contrast contrast.

There was a hidden rainbow in this image, and I brought it out. For the portrait, I chose a diffused glow, hiding the detail of my face while simultaneously preserving contours.