Long exposure with handheld flash fired manually several times from different angles, then pulled away the house to expose $20 more properly...
Lightroom RAW processing, then in CS3
Noiseware
Shad/Hi
Levels
merge
Lab
Levels (Lightness)
Merge
RGB
Channel Mixer
Right now the usual excitement pre-rollover... then the 4s and 5s hit. :)
POST: Yep, seems I got hit with those who felt this was an illegal shot, but no one turned it in. The original image was uploaded before the challenge, but I never got the validated flag/note. Oh well. I like it.
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