This is taken in Himalayas in India. I did not had photoshop to process it so did the bare minimal processing on Picasa. Btw, this is view from where I'm staying currently. I clicked it casually while sipping on to evening tea. Hope this fits the challenge.
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- Cropped
- Adjusted Brightness and Contrast (Equivalent of Levels)
- Added Graduaded Tint (which I'm sure is allowed in advanced editing)
- Reduced the color temprature to give slight bluish tone
- Saved for web
- Uploaded to DPC (I had to save this one at low jpeg setting as dial-up connection from my current location is bad. The file size for this one is limited to 50KB only)
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Camera Work/Technical: The main feature here is the beautiful silhouette that you were able to create against an amazing sunrise/set. The tree silhouette looks nicely focused, and the exposure was excellent for the look you were after.
Lighting: Great exposure work with lighting as your subject. AS was mentioned earlier, I really like the graduated color from top to bottom, and it's even more appealing knowing that there was only slight post-processing.
Composition/Content: The scene you composed to share with us is very, very appealing. The change that I would suggest was already suggested in your comments. Those branches on the right are a bit distracting, and I think they should have been cropped out.
My Opinion: While a very nice and wonderfully appealing photograph, I don't really feel like this one portrays heat. I think that it scored at its potential.
Heat, yes. Those of us familiar with the south in the USA know humidity equals heat, and it hangs heavy in this shot. Relief is expected at night, yet this shot says.. no relief for you, muggy night. Nice colors, exposure, framing and subject. An ace shot.
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