For some reason, this shot was resonating with me as a good choice for this contest. I think it's due to the fact that in my mind, effective bokeh enhances the image in some way. We can all blur a background, and that can look great, but does that hide a story? In this case, my blurred background fills in a story of the train tracks splitting apart, and the decision to go one way or another.
Post Processing:
* Recovery
* Black Point
* Highlights
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz Adjust
* Topaz Detial
* White Balance
* Black Point
* Definition, Saturation, and Vibrancy painted on the sign
* Curves to darken
* Highlights
* Levels
* Dodge the sign
* Vignette
* Export to TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
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