And I had several of the iceberg alone that I did not even consider entering. It seems people did not like the buildings in front, but I thought it was important to give the iceberg some sense of scale, otherwise you'd never know how big it was.
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For some reason, when I enter the Free Study or "Best of ..." challenges I usually look for the best image I've taken which requires the least post-processing.
I was really happy with my nearly-unprocessed entry:
These two alternate choices also required only minimal tone adjustment with Curves and some sharpening after resizing.
Not sure I would have done better than 5th, but I do like this shot too:
Sometimes I come up with a title and really like it, but it seemed to go with the outtake better (like he was sitting on a throne). I still went with it but was never satisfied that it was perfect for the shot.
I would love some more comments. This finished at 4.8 and 10%, which was disappointing as I thought it had a lot going for it. Still trying to learn :)
Outtake: (that my wife talked me out of submitting)
