Taken in RAW, adjusted USM, hue and saturation, cropped added border and SFW. I don't usually like to predict my score on a shot but i hope this gets above a 6...lol
Update:
Woohoo a new PB...plus i received an email from Parade magazine saying they selected this image as a finalist for being published. Thanks for all the great comments!
Update2: This image was published in PARADE magazine on 12/14/2008 :D
Update 3: Published on 1x.com
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Very surprised this one got 5th... I thought I would be a ribbon no problem... Lets just say you got a ribbon in my eyes!!! I came back to this shot expecting to find why it got 5th but I still can't figure it out... I see NO flaws with it! Great job and I hope you can post some more like this... Absolutely wonderful!
This is by far my favorite cityscape of the challenge. The blue tint is nice but not overwhelming. I like how the buildings completely fill the horizon.
reminds me of hotpasta's style of toning. I may have tried a tighter crop losing the building on the far right. I think this would have look interesting with each building escalating higher then the next. The light is very well balanced, but I do not think the border adds much to the presentation.
Love the water reflections. It looks like you may have been trying to cover up a tiny bit of motion blur with a sharpening filter. Unfortunately I think you may have had too much blur to cover. It's a damn shame too, because that water is gorgeous.
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