Challenge:Monuments (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony DSC-F717 Location: Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Date: Aug 22, 2003 Aperture: f 2.0 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/100 Galleries:Emotive, Political Date Uploaded: Aug 22, 2003
Since several comments were based on (false) assumptions regarding processing, I want to point out, that this image was inverted, as picked up on by hughletheren and, probably by a few others as well . It is lightly cropped, and conservative (very minimal) fine tuning was applied to the whole image via brightness, contrast and hue, mainly to bring out texture.
I wish some voters would not make assumptions without having the facts. A question mark in lieu of the period at the end of a sentence would reflect the same view, without creating a need for correction.
I like the luminescent feeling, esp in the bottom half of this shot. The bottom half has a 'glowing' feeling to it. While in some ways it is like a second image (which some may find distracting) the leaves on top almost appear to be part of the actual monument vs. background. They give it an enhanced 'roman' feel IMO vs. 'can/u.s' feel. I like the detail that your technique seems to enhanced, making an othewise flat image 'pop'.