Opened in Aperture 2. Cropped. Adjusted white balance. Increased contrast and definition. Levels. Increased saturation and luminance of red and yellow and saturation of green. Sharpened. Exported version. Opened in Canon Digital Photo Professional. Converted and saved to meet 300kb requirement.
Statistics
Place: 17 out of 81 Avg (all users): 6.1036 Avg (commenters): 6.7778 Avg (participants): 6.0465 Avg (non-participants): 6.1154 Views since voting: 1551 Views during voting: 413 Votes: 251 Comments: 13 Favorites: 1 (view)
Well, for first impression, I must say it's a hell of a great way to use negative space...with being negative indeed!
Composition
The best part of this shot. I scored it a 7 because the way you framed the street is so well done. You used the trees to divert the attention of the viewers, and making them look down.
Processing
I can see you understand the tools you used and also the usage for them, it really adds a lot to the image.
The passage from greens to reds, with the mixture in the lower half is really great.
The detail on the leaves is very good and the mixture of all colours adds so much life to this photo.
Overall
A 6+ shot, that unfortunately did not score higher because maybe viewers were expecting big cities, but a great photo nonetheless.
Congratulations!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao
7 from me but that is an aside. I see you're back in action on the road again... must be better. Keep well, be good, make sure they have a good opinion of America...
I'm guessing the 1s and the two may have been DNMCs. But this really was the main street in Toubacouda, a village in southern Senegal just shy of the border with The Gambia. I'm very pleased with the ranking, but just a bit disappointed I didn't do well enough to get it into my top four.
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