A lot of deciding went into this photo. I scanned through my images from the year, and picked out about a dozen I liked for this challenge. For there I short listed it down to about 5, and then 3. I weighed the pros/cons of each, and picked a completely different photo than this!
Then I re-edited this shot. I liked the way this photo was composed, but I didn't really like the plain editing I had done. So I pulled up Topaz Adjust 5 and got to work. I actually started with a preset I created for my Hell's Apartment photo. I liked the dreamy and warmth, but toned it down quite a bit. As I was doing this, something special happened to this photo, and it became an instant favorite. The other photo as usurped by this one.
Post Processing:
* White balance
* Increase exposure
* Increase black point
* Increase definition
* Decrease saturation with higher vibrancy
* Levels
* Topaz Adjust 5
* Increase black point
* Decrease saturation with higher vibrancy again
* Decrease orange saturation
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
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Wow, a top 10 in an art challenge. I never imagined that possible! Thank you all for the votes, and especially the comments.. This shot grabbed many more comments than I expected. I'm so happy wi this :)
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Place: 9 out of 241 Avg (all users): 6.6906 Avg (commenters): 7.3571 Avg (participants): 6.6277 Avg (non-participants): 6.8222 Views since voting: 1645 Views during voting: 284 Votes: 139 Comments: 20 Favorites: 1 (view)
Good on you Mike, your 'artier' than you thought. I really liked this, you did a wonderful job with the PP, so very unique.
Congrats on top 10, it's a great feeling hey!
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