Shot from a reflection in a canal, the specs are from the water being dirty.
Post processing - hue/sat, selective color, levels, neat image, dust and scratches, usm, crop.
Update
Cant believe it! A ribbon :-)
I swear the construction workers thought i was crazy taking pictures of the water in the canal, lying on the ground braced against the side so as not to fall in for at least 15 minutes.
Another hard part for me with this photo was actually naming it. I wanted to go for a time of day, prob the middle of the afternoon since it looks like there was a nuclear explosion in the photo but my mum (my favourite and best critic in the whole world) said it look like evening, so something like 'eve' would be a nice title. I ended going with a surreal theme instead since we couldnt agree :-)
Thanks everybody who voted, and even those who choose not to vote but leave a comment instead. I always manage to pile in the 1, 2 and 3 votes but I am grateful for them as well. Thanks!
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Congratulations on your Ribbon. one of my favorite in this challenge! Hard to take a construction theme and turn it into a lovely piece of art. Great job as usual
Gosh, now I understand - could hardly believe that such a picture could be taken without being massively worked on... Thanks for explaining and congratulations! Its awesome, a well deserved ribbon!
Congratulations - I didn't vote on this challenge (exams etc.) but this is a truly fantastic shot. How much PP did you do? I love that effect - really cool. Good vision to see the potential of the reflection. I'll warrant you also cut out some unsightly aspects of the composition (buildings, telephone lines etc.) and squared the shot away nicely with the railings - cunning plan, there.
I was almost going to submit a DQ request for this photo as it looks like you have used a lot of not permitted filters on this picture. On a different thought I ahve not done so but I am not rating this picture.
I apologise for not rating the only picture (your's) in the challenge but better safe than sorry.... Picture otherwise is very dramatic and (fingers crossed) if no one else recommends it for a DQ then you should end up in top number.
Now this is very cool! It took me a second to figure out what the hell was going on and I love those kind of images that stop and make you think, even if it is only for a second. Excellent idea and well executed, only thing I don´t like in it is the exaggerated red sky but other than that there is nothing I would want to change in the picture. I still gave it a 10 for the execution and had it not been for the wierd sky I would probably have added it to my favorites.
WOw! This is totoally awesome! I love how you captured the sky. And the title is awesome! You managed to make this really interesting yet keep it in the topic. Still, I think it should have been more centered around an artistic rendition of construction. More construction based. But this is so cool.
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