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Historic settlement, film studio set, fake tourist trap ? I don’t know…
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I started with a standard daylight color balance. The tourists on the train and the parking lot might be a give-away. 
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As far as colors went I took a different approach. DT 5.6
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Created 2 passes in RapidRaw 2 exposure points which I blended in the GIMP and enhanced with a few G’MIC presets. 
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The title reminds me not only of the great film by Sergio Leone but also of …
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A fairly straight edit, except no tone mapper was used, because all of them sucked the life from the photo.
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Trivia: Many people in the US believe that “C’era una volta il West” is a Hollywood movie… 
Nice play! I found out it to be hard to get what I wanted.
I wanted a subdued and dusty ‘western’ atmosphere. With lots of browns at the front and a bit cooler opposite to the back. No stark reds. There were quite some green tones in the original picture. And no ‘stark attention drawers’ to the back.
I was not sure about the subject being the train or the color of the landscape.
This came out of it after multiple tries…
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Only need to remove the Camper Van in the background… Then you can tell everyone you are a time traveller
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Your wish is my command. I also reduced sharpness:
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and a basic edit:
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