Brighton Beach Memoirsby
millsaComment by millsa: Woo Hoo a top 10 finish on my first attempt, it can only be down hill from here :)
As for some of the questions, the shot was taken in the morning at Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia. Those "Hippy Huts", as somebody said, are bathing boxes where people keep their gear for a trip to the beach. Far from being "Hippy huts", Brighton is a pretty well to do area and one of these boxes would set you back a bit on the rare occation they come onto the market.
As for the shot, it was taken early in the morning when the beach was fairly empty and was in heavy shadow. I adjusted levels, saturation and USM to bring the detail out a bit, hence what I think is a little of an unreal look that I thought suited the title. I wish his foot was in the frame too, but when your model is 2 years old he doesn't take direction very well :)
Strangely enough having veiwed this on a number of monitors I get a vast difference in color, all the way from a little under to a bit over saturated ( I think the range of color made this more noticable than other photos I viewed, I'll remember that in the future)
6.651 I'm stoked, thanks to those who voted!
Tony
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