The sculpture is not my work. I found it high on the Moors above Sheffield, but I knew there and then that this was my entry for 'Fantacy'
PS Work:
Sharpen
Crop
Monochrome conversion using Hue/Sat
Greyscale
Contrast/Brightness
Neat Image to soften the grain
Back to PS for final contrast/brightness and save for web
File Name
CRW_9575.CRW
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 10D
Shooting Date/Time
19/06/2005 15:12:20
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/250
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
16.0 - 35.0mm
Focal Length
16.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
Color Space
Adobe RGB
File Size
5412KB
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I have NO idea what I am looking at, but in this challenge, that is not necessarily a bad thing. I love the dramatic angle, the isolation, and even the b&w in this case. There is some rather distracting banding (processing problem???) happening in the sky.