View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge. different curves for buildings and sky. resize. sharpen buildings, not sky. The blueness came right out of the camera. My white balance was set to "Tungsten." What does that mean?
post-challenge: thanks to raish for the explanation of Tungsten. Now I need to see what other camera setting I can screw up. This will do wonders for my average!
The font is supposed to remind you of typewriters. To those of you who don't know what typewriters are, I apologize.
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Tungsten is metal used in filaments for incandescent light bulbs. Presumably they give a yellow sort of light so that the camera invokes a blue cast to compensate for it. If the word comes from Swedish, then it means 'heavy stone' - who knew? As you see it is has magical properties that enable people to score over six. Congrats, and it's a great shot. Where would all this have been without Batman?
I'd prefer to see the top of this shot cropped to a little above the text. The bright sky above the clouds detracts from the cityscape. And by cropping that portion, you would have a more standard postcard size. I'd also pick a nicer font. Courier doesn't have much appeal.
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