OMG! I was expecting a new Personal best but not a ribbon, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!
The blue stuff is actually mist that went a bit crazy after I tone mapped the image giving it a strange effect, I quite liked it, however, it this was advanced editing I would of dealt with a few bad points in this shot including the strange blue mist and the white blown SUN around the crane.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for my first ever ribbon, All I can say is "MAN THAT WAS HARD".
Here is the original shot
and the tonemapped original(I will be using this shot for a print)
Somebody was interested to know how this was done, well it was pretty simple really to be honest, I used PHOTOMATIX to tone map a single JPG then i exported to PHOTOSHOP where I played with the HUE/SATURATION to create a general BROWN flavour, some CONT/BRIGHT adjustment layering. basically that was it and done a USM on it all.
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GOHON! sorry for late for comment ...because i was too much busy for slave for you ... so for give me.. yohoho.
Congrats on your first ribbon!!! I was waiting this time from looooong time ago ! Yattane Marac! omedetohhhh!! daisuki!
Hi. Congrats on your ribbon. And I see you got one step further up the ladder on account of a dq. My first ribbon came after a dq, but a ribbon just the same :)
I really love your shot Marac and it sure deserves a ribbon. Hope you get another soon, you deserve it.
By looking at your original this is not a great shot. Actually, its very average from a Photography standpoint. This is an example of very nice post processing. Congrats on your ribbon.
Yeah! Told ya you dork that you would ribbon sooner rather than later, you should listen to me more often cause obviously I know what I am talking about, hehehe :P
Great shot MAK and congrats on your ribbon.
It sounds like you have an affinity with this place and I think you have done it justice.
Simple image but so effective.
Reading some of things people have said about this shot, which is a simple shot of a bridge where i grew up as a child, I remember standing in this same very spot with a group of friends for hours, chatting and hanging out, it was OUR bridge. There used to be a cafe with a snooker table in at the bottom of the bridge but it has long gone now. The view remains the same of cause but the trains that pass have changed. It means a lot to me because I shoot for myself, granted my editing has come a long way since I joined DPC but I still shoot to please myself and when a photograph that means so much to me personally can have a warming effect on many people across the world it makes me feel wonderfull and was the perfect way to end the year.
Marac, what a difference between your original and your edit! I mean, I would have given up on the original the moment I saw it. Yet you have revived it and given it CPR and it lives! well done on the ribbon
Congratulations for your result ...and the ribbon !!
Excellent shot, was in my favourites.
What are the blue areas in the top of the pic, at the limit of horizon ?
I think this would have done well in the Pink Floyd challenge as well. Great shot and the tonemapping works well. Gives it a cool surreal look. Bumping up to 9.
This is just amazing and I really like this effect that yu have achieved. The leading lines really help to make it stand out.....
I love the warm colors of the sky....
A simple composition, but with quite a lot going on.
Well done.
This looks like an old painting. The colors are beautiful and it turns what seems to be an ordinary landscape into a scene of beauty. I love this photograph!
Wow! HDR? I need to learn how to do this... I would've given you a ten had it not been for the strong white spot just below the crane off on the left side. I know, I'm being pretty picky here. Great job though!
View from the old Iron Bridge
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