Some will recognize this from my Deep DoF II entry.
Same location but shot instead with my 12-24 giving it a wider and much improved perspective.
Tonemapped from 3 exposures in Photomatix, processed in CS3
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post challenge:
thanks to all who voted and commented.
i entered this quite early into the month and was actually going to reprocess and resubmit but with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, i totally forgot about it. about halfway through voting i remembered this was still entered. i should've just requested removal since it should've come out a lot better than it did.
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The first thing I notice is the 'dreamy' effect. For me it really distracts from the image. The slight blur over everything reduces the clarity I crave. The colours are nice from the blues and greens however the large unappealing clouds seem to have been forgotten during post. Overall for me it is an ok image but does nothing for me.