I wanted to do something other than people or flowers so I took this 120 second exposure during the day using an ND1000 filter and a cokin graduated ND filter in front of that to darken the sky a bit.
Converted from raw lowering exposure, upping fill light, blacks and contrast to lighten the foreground and keep the sky dark., upping clarity and charpness. Cloned a few dust spots in RAW editor (should really clean my sensor before doing long exposures!).
In CS3 b&w adjustment layer at about 90% opacity adjusting the sliders manually to lighten the foreground and keep the sky dark. Curves and levels, crop, resize, noise ninja, save.
I don't think this is "clean" enough or low key enough so expect 5.5, but I love the clouds! I'd have liked to do a little dodge and burn but can't under the basic ruleset
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Very cool, love how the light plays around the church and the tone of the image is incredible. I just wish that "hot spot" to the left of the church wasn't there. Not wild about the key stoning.
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