Just finished painting the new potting shed and thought it would be a great place to hide Waldo!
In Photoshop:
Leveled image and cropped.
In layers: adjusted levels 9-1-100;
adjusted hue -3, saturation+11;
applied a deep blue photo filter @ 25% density;
applied poster filter w/ 25% fade;
flatten and usm:97%, .8, 1.
saved for web.
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The composition is a bit too simple here. It doesn't compel the viewer to look past the initial impression of "it's a shed." Nicely exposed and focused, though.
A generally nice shot made special by the challenge (many here went the opposite direction, being good shots in spite of the challenge); here this works for me because I'm looking for Waldo, and when I found him/her, I laughed out loud. Perfect impact for the image and the challenge. 8.