I never really realized just how surrounded we are by street signs until I set out to capture one on CCD for this challenge. They are everywhere, and so many of them are the same - a lot of repetition in my city with one way street signs, and then there's the ubiquitous stop signs and no parking signs...
This was a difficult challenge because of the sheer quantity of the subject - you can't help but get the feeling that nothing you are shooting is very original. The best I could come up with was a playful angle and a nice blue sky backdrop with some fluffy cloud. I like the saturation and the contrast, but all in all, I don't think it's a very exciting shot.
Photoshoping here included the usual suspects - some auto contrast and auto color, some faded gausian blur and some unsharp mask, and a little saturation tweak for taste.
I really wanted to take the blur tool to the lower edge of the sign to dull the sharpness of the edge a little, but those are the rules.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is going to have for this one!
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Great color, great angle, and the high contrast lighting is very appropriate. There's nothing to indicate the size of the sign, and that works well here. Great job!
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