develop the raw with photoshop. post: rotation and crop, two diferent topaz adjust in the sky and on the home, selective colours, H&S, clone out some little point and the chain on the bridge,selective blur around the house and gaussian blur in the sky,denoise with neat image, usm.
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First Impressions I like this. Really like the processing and it suits your title and the Challenge well.
Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review A lot of processing there (just read your Photographer's Comments). The effect is good. I do wish this image had a whisker nudge up on the left to straighten the building (house!). I like the bridge placement in the composition, but do wonder whether more drama could have been achieved in this image overall by a slightly more angled perspective. Minor, but the bench/seat element detracts slightly from the 'fantasy' mood and feel of the building and what it conjures up in the imagination, especially with the help of your good title.
Maybe a little darker overall, but that is personal taste. The bottom right chain post/structure perhaps cropped and/or cloned out would be better, however I do see the boat dilemma.
Comments, Score & Placement Review 5/81 is excellent scoring and your score of 6.83 very strong.
You received a good mix of interesting and well thought out comments. I tend to wonder also about this not cropped so tightly and allowing a little more 'distance'. But maybe that was not possible with the surrounds or maybe you wanted it this tightly cropped.
Summary Despite what I said above about the bridge, it is slightly unsettling that the 'leading line'' (entrance) to the building is positioned in the left of frame - for some reason I find it hard to be easily 'drawn into' the building - if that makes sense. I like the contrasting effects within the image and for me, a little more depth/darkness and drama, would have packed a little more punch.
Love the blue color tones. The detail and light look great. It seems too bright tho to be a place where a dark phantom would live. I hope you wrote down where this is. It looks like a really interesting place to visit.
Maybe a touch chopped, as far as the feel of the crop. I wonder if it wouldn't have been better from farther away. Nice title too - works for a movie for sure.
Beautiful place, and brilliantly photographed/processed to make me feel like I definitely shouldn't go there. I'm sure the 'movie' will show me why. 10
Stunningly well post-processed; should look overdone but this is really working for me. Bags of atmosphere and a pretty good title - should make the top five.
Nice processing. But, I think the crop is too tight for this massive structure and that drama in the clouds. Don't know if you have room while shooting.
This image caught my eye from the thumbnail but when I opened it I was kind of disappointed to see the sky so dark. Not that this isn't a good image but I think you used topaz or similar too much. I like the look of a clean HDR but I get the feeling you started editing this photo but never finished. The building is absolutely beautiful and I but this would look really good just after sundown with a longer shutter speed to smooth out the water and allow the lights to shine through.
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