raw: exposure compensation
PS:
perspective correction
channel mixer
a lot of spot editing: cloned out some small stones, dirt, paper, evened out the tone, dodge, burn, healing brush, spot healing brush
cloned out a part of a head:) of the 4th person which was distracting
high pass
gaussian blur
levels
curves
contrast
resize
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:) you are right Deb!! the important people liked it and it's great!
thank you so much for your nice comments and to Xion for a favorite!
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First off, I have to say that I really like the contrast of your photo! It is very eye catching.
Other than that, the photo is very busy. My eyes don't know what to focus on first. There are a lot of "layers" to your photo, and while it's interesting... it's distracting.
I would have given this a 6 during voting. This one is hard to call. I like it... I don't... I do. I'm confused! haha
yes, I also wanted to explain about the tiny people. it was the idea of course, Olso is all lines, stone and glass, it's easy to get lost there and easy to loose someone. this photo is 100% candid, I was standing on that place 3 days trying to catch this - I knew I would, I had this in my head, I saw this, and then I finally saw them "live". I love this photo.
To me, this looks like a series of different patterns layered on top of each other. The three people just look like they are trudging along into nowhere. Very nice.
i like the way it appears that it's abstract. curious if colorizing part of it would have made it even more interesting. maybe giving it more depth. but i like the shot.
i love the lines in this shot, very arty, bumping this up one more point I like the follow my leader aspect in this shout and also the lines that lead you from the bottom of the shot into the area were the people are. well done
I see the effect you are searching here, and do like it. However one does not pay enough attention to the three people. It might have been better to higher the framing a bit, and also, the contrast/color difference between those people and the background is not high enough. Still well seen !