Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by Lydia:
Definitely a Feel Good image.

Congrats on your BLUE!

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by vawendy:
Beautifully done and processed! Huge congrats on your first ribbon, and a 7 to boot!!!

Incredibly well deserved!

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by Tiny:
Congratulations on your first ribbon, its a cracker.

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by MAK:
Nice shot

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by damoninja:
zomg you have to look at this with 3D glasses on

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by IreneM:
First ribbon and new PB. Great stuff. Congrats.

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by littlemav:
So Happy you won this!! I just Love Love your photo! and your first?? woo hooo Congratulations!!

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by antje1777:
Congratulations on your first ribbon!!!

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by fpalumbo:
I am just elated..... this is my first ribbon.

This photo was taken during our local summerfest / Canada day celebrations. I had set up my camera on the ground to take multiple shots of the fireworks. The couple nearby just happened to sit still long enough for a sharp capture. This was the only shot out of a dozen or so that was useable.

Postprocessing was mostly done with lightroom:
Adjusted highlights and shadows, contrast, and did some local white balance adjustments on couple due to overhead sodium lights, noise reduction and saturation adjustments. added vignetting

Thanks to all who voted and for the encouraging comments.

Message edited by author 2012-07-13 00:44:18.

Warm Summer's night
by fpalumbo

Comment by markwiley:
Some photographer. Holding each other rather than the camera. Nice job.