The Image: I had such a great day of photography! This is near Lorne on Australia's South Coast. I used a 10mm wide angle and a tripod on some rocks and a small aperture and long exposure. The sun was going down and I found this place a peaceful place to be with God and my thoughts...and my Nikon D300 :)
The Edit: I did adjustment layers for colour and levels, some dodge and burn and a layer of gaussian blur which I masked to try and create a defocus situation in the picture to give it a real 3D quality.
The Prediction: Some will love it, other won't like the selective blur stating they would have liked the image sharp right through...I am not predicting a score here...I am no good at that!
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Wondering why this didn't do better, had it pegged for top 20 at least. Excellent colors, and I don't care for the blur (didn't even notice it was applied in PP)
Sir Livingstone paused. A rustle in the bush to the left of the creek bed had startled him, but his breath returned as he saw the source moments later, a tapir coming out to drink.
His breath then left him forever a moment later as the creature he didn't hear took him from behind.
There's a moral to this story. Never trust a Tapir.
This is a little busy but othrwise nice. I think you could have accented some of the features a bit more to eliminate the monotonality-- perhaps spiked up the colors a bit.
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