I really hope this does well. The sky was crazy yesterday, the clouds were out and it was beautiful.
Post Processing:
Ran through 1-raw file tone-mapping in Photomatix
Took jpg into photoshop and cropped, then levels curves adjustments, then i added the border with canvas resize
image size change, then smart sharpen
save for web, then submit
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Wow, what a dramatic image. Fits the challenge well. And god, that's a terrible pun in the title :p
The subject matter is interesting, the POV is good, the movement of the sky nicely contrasts with the stillness of the tower. So in terms of the way the picture was taken, I wouldn't change anything.
In terms of the post-processing:
-The tower isn't quite perfectly centred. If you wanted it to be, it should have been rotated very slightly (1.65 degrees clockwise) before being cropped.
-The image looks a bit oversaturated, particularly some of the clouds. This is a bit difficult to deal with in basic editing, but it might have been worth playing around with 'selective colour' and 'shadows/highlights' adjustments.
But anyway, those are minor points. Well done on a great image!
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