Detail of main door archway of the Berkeley (Wonen's) City Club, designed by renowned architect Julia Morgan.
Used an assortment of Tone Curves and Channel Mixer through gradient masks to fade from color to B&W and to fade back the upper part.
Since the "subjects" of the photo had little contrast and were near the edge of the photo, I wanted to use the color and tone gradients to lead the eye towards them.
Also did a little cloning to fix some unsightly blotches on the stucco, but decided to leave in the spotlights and address.
Cropped, resized, two passes with Unsharp Mask.
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Confusing. The top is overexposed and the centered floodlight becomes a major element here. Looks like you cropped a lot to get to this point- was there any more at the bottom that would allow you to center the shields?
It's a nice picture, but a few pointer. Since the thme is 3, I think it should be a bit more your focal point and sharper. The lower part of your image, (where the three cresst are) is a bit blurry. Which removes from the whole theme.
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