Love the contrast of the modern wall with the cold, lifelessness of the worn, cold concrete. Stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place is the man, looking battered into submission by life.
Not the prototypical "empty" negative space, but in my mind, this is valid nonetheless. Suspect the voting masses will not agree. Will be happy with anything over 5.8, but that may be asking for much.
Lighting: Sunlight.
Processing: - Import into LR3
- Global adjustment to exposure
- Send to Photoshop CS6
- Adjustment layer with CEP4 (Pro Contrast and Dark Contrast filters)
- Adjustment layer with SEP2 (Neutral filter with Contras and Structure slider adjustments)
- Levels
- Crop
- Letterbox border
- Send back to LR3
- Dodge and Burn
- Levels
- Clarity
- Save for Web
Statistics
Place: 29 out of 99 Avg (all users): 5.8526 Avg (commenters): 6.6667 Avg (participants): 5.8113 Avg (non-participants): 5.9048 Views since voting: 528 Views during voting: 171 Votes: 95 Comments: 5 Favorites: 0