Court House, est. 1825. I used this house before in the "High Contrast" challenge. I tried the best to hide Waldo, and burned Waldo's head and pants to help the viewer out.
PP:
Curves, cloned out 2 lights, minor crop, and sharpened. Desaturated 90%.
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Place: 114 out of 150 Avg (all users): 5.0957 Avg (commenters): 5.1818 Avg (participants): 5.0000 Avg (non-participants): 5.1395 Views since voting: 654 Views during voting: 328 Votes: 188 Comments: 14 Favorites: 0
My first impression is that color treatment does not work here. If you were going for an antique photo look, then maybe a bit more orange and less red would have helped. Otherwise, I think it would have come out nicely as a simple B&W with no tinting.
This photo does have a spooky feel too it which helps draw interest. You also did a great job on your composition, keeping the light over the door behind the column was a good idea.
This shot meets the challenge well. It is refreshing to see that the person is actually hidden instead of so small he is hard to notice.
I think what kept this entry from scoring higher is that there is not much wow factor. Wow factor is really important if you want to capture someone's attention when they are voting. Otherwise they will give you a 5 and move on.
LOL good composition simply because the way you have taken the shot means the eye is drawn away from Waldo and not too him. Love the fact that you have not scarificed the overall image just to hide Waldo and for me this stands well as a shot either within or without of this specific challenge
Interesting shot, good for a night shot, especially. Interesting, intriguing building, and good capture to not let the lights overwhelm the image. I might have tried some perspective correction on this (given advanced editing), as the left/right lines throw me a bit.
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