I took this at 4:30 in the morning on a monday since the streets are most deserted then. Too bad I didn't know about the diagonal challenge when I shot this otherwise I would have gone with something else here instead.
Post Processing:
- Neatimage (several passes at multiple stages)
- Shadow/Highlights & tone mapping to bring out some details.
- Lots of curves gradient map, selective color, hue/saturation, etc to get the tones the way I wanted.
- Converted to b/w using channel mixer
- Color Balance and curves to get the final color.
- Smart sharpening
*Post*
I thought this would bomb especially since I went crazy with the neatimage. Thanks to everyone who thought kindly of this.
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I'm getting seasick looking at this.... LOL, just kidding, Richard.
I like it. Didn't really noticed the excessive neatimage you mentioned. I think it's a great photo. Those starlight effects are simply wonderful.
Fantastic! But then, you know I like tilted shots. I just assumed the concrete looked like that because it was a night shot, so the shutter was open long enough for it to flow. Ya know, just like water. ;)
Again this is just "TOPS" in my book, and I just love everything about this one.....
The angle, the perspective, rthe coors and composition, just everything about it.....
Also love the post processing as well.
Hmmm. I really like this shot. I just don't like the tilt. I've used it before and gotten dinged on it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Here, you have a beautiful photo and the extream tilt takes away from that...IMO (for what it's worth). I'll still score it high though.
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