Balance can refer to the amount of one element in relation to another, or how the elements are arranged in an image. In this picture the amount of night greatly outweighs the day, but the day has a stronger vibrancy and a more defined shape, giving it emphasis that equals that of the night.
I kept coming back to this desert trying to find an effect that worked with it. At one point it was divided up into colored strips like yesterday's image, but I felt like it had too much of its own color for that to work. Eventually I decided to take out the sky and see if I could jam anything in there, and a few layer masks and brightness sliders later the result was awesome.
The images used are the Pinnacle Desert in Western Australia (taken by Ilya Genkin) and the night sky over Vermont (taken by Chensiyuan).
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