Challenge:Hope (Basic Editing I) Camera:Sony DSC-P73 Location: Brunswick, NY. Parking Lot Date: Aug 23, 2004 Aperture: 2.8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/400 Galleries:Sky, Black and White Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2004
Desaturated and cropped. I was going to bow out of the challenge, when I stepped off a bus and saw this sight. It gave me hope. Hope that I couod enter a challenge and NOT get a score lower than 3. A couple dozen shots later,and Voila!
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I think the trees provide a needed context at the bottom so I wouldn't crop them any more. I might take a little off the right (maybe a teensy bit from the left too) to get it to a completely square crop.
Since the trees are already in silhouette, I would use a Curve adjustment to darken/increase the contrast in the clouds to bring out the rays even more.
All I have to say is: I stayed above 4! That's a "Wow" moment for me, even if I did place 207th. Thanks for the suggestions, & thanks in advance to the Critique Club Reviewer.
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