I originally planned this for the desat challenge, but realized that I took this shot one day too early!
These railroad tracks played a huge part in my childhood, as I spent many, many hours walking them. I recently visited again, and discovered that they were no longer being used and the forest/swamp around them had grown up (not unlike me)
This photo is fairly straight forward. Edits are:
75% USM x 3
Desaturate
History brush 100% opacity toward end of track
History brush 50% opacity towards back of track
Colors are natural, i.e., no saturation tweaking
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ExposureTime : 1/125Sec
FNumber : F4.5
ExposureProgram : Program Normal
ISOSpeedRatings : 200
ExifVersion : 0221
DateTimeOriginal : 2004:06:13 17:42:40
DateTimeDigitized : 2004:06:13 17:42:40
ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr
ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0
MeteringMode : CenterWeightedAverage
Flash : Not fired(Auto)
FocalLength : 70.00(mm)
MakerNote : CASIO2 Format : 55296Bytes (Offset:926)
FlashPixVersion : 0100
ColorSpace : sRGB
ExifImageWidth : 3008
ExifImageHeight : 2008
ExifInteroperabilityOffset : 56218
SensingMethod : OneChipColorArea sensor
FileSource : DSC
SceneType : A directly photographed image
CustomRendered : Normal process
ExposureMode : Auto
WhiteBalance : Auto
FocalLength(35mm) : 105(mm)
SceneCaptureType : Standard
Contrast : Hard
Saturation : High
Sharpness : Hard
SubjectDistanceRange : Distant view
Thumbnail Size : 40624
Thumbnail Offset : 6236
Quality mode : S.Fine
Image Size : Unknown (36)
Focus mode : Unknown (16)
ISO Sensivity : 200
White Balance : Auto
Focal Length : 700(mm)
Saturation : +1
Contrast : +1
Sharpness : +1
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I would like this better if there were a longer exposure and greater depth of field. It is certainly a beautiful scene with nice lighting and nice perspectives at play.
Don't know if I am right, but maybe, just maybe with a deeper dof this would have been even more stunning. Then again, maybe not. That's why I shoot so many pictures of 1 object, I can't decide :)
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