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Comment by GHjoll:
Congratz ! this one was my favorite ! nice shape and sharpness... i can always look at it and see something new. Nice framed and yes just well done !

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Comment by william88:
Congratulations on your PB and first ribbon!! Happy new year!!!!!

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Comment by sir_bazz:
Gratz on your first ribbon and new personal best score.

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Comment by jdannels:
congrats it came out really well :)

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Comment by atupdate:
Thanks everyone for kind words and the votes. It figures, the one time I forget to put my processing steps in the comment section and I ribbon. Here are the steps I used.

1. Convert from raw using Raw Shooters Essentials
Exposure Comp [+1.23]
Highlight Contrast [22]

2. Post process with Paint Shop Pro X
One step noise reduction
Clarify [+20]
USM [radius 50 - strength 15 - clip 3]
USM [radius 0.3 - strength 300 - clip 3]
Levels [input 0-.94-255 / output 0-241]
Curve - slight S curve to set black point
Resize
USM [radius 50 - strength 15 - clip 3]
USM [radius 0.3 - strength 300 - clip 3]

The HDR effect came from the very strong clarify action. On most images, using clarify over a strength of 7 or 8 will provide nasty over processing artifacts. The max setting of 20 seemed to work well for this image.

Tim

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Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful shot

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Comment by hotpasta:
it really looks like HDR there is so much detail in it...congrats on the ribbon

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Comment by liou:
congratulation !
a wonderful product ~this looks like hdr ?

very like this composition & the gyrate stairs !

happy new year ,atupdate

liou

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Comment by suemack:
Wonderful perspective!! Congrats on your well deserved ribbon!

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Comment by IreneM:
Great shot, love the colours. Huge congrats on the Yellow.