The Image: It was a great night for night photography, and the ferris wheel was spinning empty all night. 4 second exposure on the tripod.
The Edit: Converted a layer to black and white with my favourite tint, layer mask to do a selective desat on the wheel, levels, USM, some dodging and burning...I actually ran it through Neat Image, which I rarely used and masked that to only apply the noise reduction to selected parts of the image...that's it.
The Prediction: Is it my best image of 2009? No. Is it one I think might do OK...yes. Hope for high 6's but you never, ever know...
I might get criticised for the darkness or the distortion of the buildings with the wide angle, but that's OK. I might also get comments about the virtues of the selective desat. Some will love it, others won't...that's OK too :)
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Cool shot! Really like that you left the color in the wheel. That's clever :)
Reminds me a bit of user AP's style. Very nicely capture and processed. (no vote)
I like that the only colors are from the ferris wheel. This is lovely. I love how the lights create that glow in a night shot. The diagonal lines coming from the lights beneath the wheel send our eye up and over to the buildings. Great reflection. 8
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