No intention of entering this challenge, I just happened upon a scene that worked (as long as I could get a shot). Took this from my car, with a 400mm focal length. In the shot I cut off their heads as much as possible to meet with the intentions of this challenge. That way, I had to only crop slightly (mainly due to the 95% coverage viewfinder).
But I do like the way these people's body language plays out. It's obvious they are having a serious conversation without seeing their faces, which to me is part of what this challenge is about: reading people without the benefit of facial expressions.
I went though multiple different edits before finding one I liked the most. I'm wondering what voting will be like for this challenge. Seems like the abstract crowd will likely be voting higher than normal, and the eye candy crowd lower. Interested to see if that evens out.
Post Processing:
* Slight crop
* Chromatic Aberration
* De-vignette the right side (window tinting messed with the exposure a bit.)
* Vignette the left side
* Decrease exposure
* Increase recovery, black point, brightness, definition, saturation, and vibrancy
* Highlights and shadows
* Topaz Adjust
* Decrease saturation
* Edge Sharpen
* Skin Smoothing
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
Statistics
Place: 43 out of 74 Avg (all users): 5.5929 Avg (commenters): 6.6000 Avg (participants): 5.5556 Avg (non-participants): 5.6176 Views since voting: 430 Views during voting: 224 Votes: 113 Comments: 5 Favorites: 0
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