I took the picture at Insadong, Seoul. Insadong is well known as the 'culture area' where a lot of relics from the past is for sale.
processing of pic:
1 open in ps
2 sharpen
3 crop
4 save in psd
5 resize
6 adj. curves input 121/ output 87
7 adj. color balance -30/0/+42
8 adj. brightness/contrst +7/+10
9 sharpen for web using USM
10 save for web.
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This type of image really jumps out at you and was a good selection for the challenge.
I feel a bit confused with this one regarding composition should you crop or shouldn’t you?. I would have preferred to see more of the left side of the broken head and the blue above the head is a little distracting.The head appears to be over sharpened just a little and the lighting is a little harsh but this is exaggerated with the rust colour.
Overall you have image with great colours and a very interesting subject matter but it just fell down a little in the execution (pardon the pun).
Wishing you all the best in your future challenges.
A good shot, but it could possibly stand to be a little softer. As it is, the head is very noisy. The head on the right is a distraction - I'd suggest either making more use of it or cropping it out entirely.
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