Palm tree. Shot in Irvine, California across from the Irvine Spectrum.
It was difficult to decide if I should submit this to the "Postcard II" challenge or the "Perspective IV" challenge. LOL!
Post processing steps:
Adobe Camera RAW
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o Changed light temperature to 5,500 degrees
o Turned down the exposure to -1.45
o Tweaked the shadows to 24
o Brightness bumped up to 138
o Contrast set to +37
o Saturation to +6
o Calibrated Green Hue (+18) and Saturation (+100), Blue Saturation (+29)
Photoshop
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o Spot Healing Brush to remove sensor dust spot
o Selected the small blown out areas
o Created new layer via cut
- Filled in these cut items (on the new layer) with matching sky color
- Change layer mode to Pin Light
o Flattened layers
o Resized to legal DPC size (minus room for upcoming border)
o USM (31/1.0/0)
o Add new layer for text
- Entered text
- Tweaked text layer style (applied Outer Glow, Satin)
- Set opacity to 67%
o Flatten layers
o Save for web
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This would have been great if the sun hadn't been too bright on the top. I love the perspective. Maybe you could do it again some time at a different time of day.
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