Post Processing:
Selective Color: Neutrals / Black +21
Brightness +3 Contrast +5
Curves
Levels: 24 1.0 255
Burn Trees and Fence
USM
Resize
Clone out imperfections in stop sign
Select Sky, Gradient in a nice sky blue.
Save For Web
Neat Image
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Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
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Software - Digital Photo Professional
DateTime - 2005:11:05 22:15:50
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I like the shot, but compared with others in the challenge, the subject matter doesn't hold my interest as long. My eyes keep getting tricked and it looks like the leafless tree is "growing" out of the stop sign itself.
This is a novel shot, but I would have liked to see an angle which doesn't have the tree growing out of the sign. You'd need to check with the SC to be sure, but you may have been able to get away with cloning out the offending tree. The fall colors would have had a much stronger impact if you'd have increased the saturation a bit.
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