slight rotation to align image, cropped, three layers of Gaussian blur erased away to simulate DOF, burning to bring out contrast, curves and levels editting, etc.
thanks.
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Aesthetic: Very unique composition. Somehow its inverse of regular blur-to-focus shots for such subjects.
Technical: Well exposed, colors are crisp, contrast is just fine .. which means most of the in-camera stuff is just fine. Though I feel post-processing need a bit of work (not technically though). I'll save it for next section :)
Challenge: Well, good thing about square crop is that anything would fit into it :) ..so no comments.
Conclusion: Well, the image seems to be devided into two parts when I give it quick glance and the focus is at the extreme ends. This does not let me focus on one point and shift my focus from one corner to other. Also the tilt gives a kind of uncomfortable feeling (well, that might be because I'm used to horitontal horizon :)). Overall a nice attempt in trying to make something ordinary look "different" but somehow lacks the punch.
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