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Comment by nam:
Beautiful view and great sky.

IMG_9359 (1)_HDR
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Comment by bassbone:
A wonderful location and a breathtaking view.

IMG_9359 (1)_HDR
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Comment by salmiakki:
Nice view. The clouds look a bit too processed for my taste, although with HDR/tone mapping I know it's hard to get the look right

thats not a trowel
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Comment by jmritz:
every time i look at this i think of a barbecue

thats not a trowel
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Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

Using a spoon is going to take a loooooonnnnngggg time to lay those bricks:-) Yup, you are doing it wrong. I think the picture would be better if you had better dynamic range in the B&W tones. The scene is mostly grey and lackluster with no strong highlights or shadows. Processing can help with that - don't just use straight greyscale because it generally doesn't yield strong shadows and highlights. Recommend trying Colorize Strength 0 Saturation 0 to start with. Then play with adjust shadows/midtones/highlights as well as curves and level adjustments.

The shows over
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Comment by giantmike:
I like this interpretation. The context really works well to bring everything together.

The Watcher
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Comment by Falke:
holy mackerel, this sucked me in alright.

thats not a trowel
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Comment by giantmike:
The nails are an even bigger question for me, but maybe that is because I know nothing about masonry.

"Idiots enters wrong photo into Challenge!!"
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Comment by NiallOTuama:
1.411 times more asigmaticly chaotic than the rest!

"Idiots enters wrong photo into Challenge!!"
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Comment by h2:
Since 99% of the entries were shoehorns, this is the most honest one. Well done.