levels, shadow/highlight, brightness/contrast, noise ninja (several passes), USM, Alien Skin Exposure (Negative Blue for Infrared Contrast)
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WOW! I never expected a fourth place in a Free Study, especially after the free-fall the score seemed like it was taking on the last day. Thanks for all of the kind votes and comments. It is a very nice way to break out of my longest string of sub-6s since I started at DPC.
I missed a ribbon by 0.0005. Had I voted the 3rd place image a 7 instead of an 8, or simply not voted at all, it would have been a ribbon shot. Bummer.
For those who asked, this was taken while standing in the middle of Broadway at about 53rd Street. How did I stand in the middle of Broadway and survive to tell about it? NYC has weekend street fairs April thru November, and they close off streets for blocks at a time. This one was on Broadway, between 47th & 57th.
I also had a color version. I'm glad I didn't enter it. My brother, daughter & wife talked me in to submitting the black & white.
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I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: This works really well. The even illumination and superb clarity elevates this image above a shot of a street scene - you've created something that didn't necessarily come across in the real scene. You've have found and distilled the sign elements and have brought them all together, like a single image montage (oxymoronic though that may be). I like how you've kept above the people space - inviting us to 'look up' and see what you created above our heads.
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