Taken in color, but duotoned to elimate some distractions (mainly from the bright yellow lights inside the window). Cropped from original, with minor adjustments in levels/contrast, hue/saturation.
I thought I'd take a different approach with this one, kinda. Being a city, besides the big public gardens/parks and the rich people with their balconeys and rooftop gardens (hehe), what about the average joe? They don't have a backyard, not much in the way of a front yard, not much in the way of personal land at all. So...the window becomes a kind of precious real estate. In suburbia you can look out your window and see green, who says you can't do that in the city too. :o)
Don't know how this will go over with everyone, but I liked it. Hope you enjoy too.
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I love this. The angle of light and the play of shadows across the wall, the reflection in the window, and the use of sepia tone are all wonderful details. I often don't care for duotone pictures, but in this case it seems completely natural.
I realize the subject is the flowerbed, but why crop the window and put in all that wall space below the flowerbed? I think you should have aimed just a bit higher.
I don't like how the window is cut off at the top. I think this could have been more effective using the square of the window with the rectangle.. or even square.. shape of the crop/framing of the shot. The lighting and tones are very nice.
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