This wasn't really planned, but I knew we'd be high up on a mountain for my Yellow entry, so I brought along a toy airplane just in case I found a good scene. This stone lookout tower presented a good silo opportunity, and it came out nice enough that I didn't bother with my original challenge plan. The open window may look dangerous, but mommy has a firm grip on his ankle in the shadows to prevent any accidents.
Processing: Crop, levels, curves, pumped up the cyan and blue channels and desaturated the rest somewhat. The area around his legs seems a little cluttered to me, but cropping takes away too much and the striped shirt became a distraction if I left the midtones too light, so I darkened the shadows just to the point that most people probably won't notice the dim stripes. Too bad it wasn't Advanced Editing, though. :-(
Hard to predict where the score will go on this one, but I hope it's good enough to help my team out. Fingers crossed!
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I would take your Yellow entry over this one in a heartbeat.
Me too. Advanced Editing would have helped immensely with this shot. If I had dressed him in dark clothes, it would have helped. The yellow stripes on his shirt prevented me from opening up the foreground around his knees. :-(
I love the silhouette and implied motion. You even see a hint of a smile on the boys face. Lowering perspective slightly and eliminating the land in the background may make it a little more dramatic.
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