Its a better photograph, and evokes the feeling of isolation I was going for for this challenge. I have my doubts about how it will do, as it is not really DPC-friendly.
Started with the Cold Tone preset in LR 1.4, then made a bunch of adjustments from there, exported to PSE 5.0 for a high pass filter and some USM to try to pop the tree a bit more, resize, border, s4w.
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My parents had a house in a place that looked just like this! I remember the big open backyards (between new developments) and the people trying to squeeze in trees where they could. Just a little too much sharpening for my taste a you can see the white outlines around the rooftops. Good idea for the challenge.
Nice image - Like the tones of this but the border is a little distracting due to it's thickness and the lack of sharpness in the tree makes it hard for our eyes to go beyond to the homes. Maybe just a bit too much PP work. Love the composition though which many of the other entires are lacking.
I like the tree as the subject but don't care for the bluish cast over the pic. The border draws attention to the top of the tree being just barely cut off.
Not sure what camera you have, but I'd be interested to know where it selected it's focal point. The tree sees overly sharpened, and the homes blurred, but not enough to save the image in my opinion.
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