My wife standing on a ledge at Kerry Park. Shot through the sculpture there (treading on caba's ground) ;O)
It was pretty windy, and she was freeeeezing. We lucked out, and got there just before the clouds completely covered the needle. We setup for a different shot right after this, and got nothing but clouds.
Turned out exactly like i'd planned. :O)
pp:
convert from raw in LR with 2 different lighting exposures.
re-combined in CS3
crop
straighten
curves to brighten the needle structure
& darken the sculpture
levels, hue, selective color on statue, sky, umbrella, hand & jeans
sepia filter on statue
cloned out a bunch of rain drops on the statue
surface blur on sky, buildings, umbrella & raincoat
dodged the smoke stack
cloned out some very minor fringing (2px)
around the umbrella & raincoat
resize
usm
sfw
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Post Challenge:
Wow... thanks to everyone for the votes & comments! Really glad this hung in there, as I thought there were a lot of great images in this challenge :O)
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Wow. I voted this a 9 but did not think it would ribbon. My favorites don't always do well. Nice to see a unique perspective of the Needle. Good job and congrats!
My goodness! How delightful and colorful your profile is looking with a ribbon beside each of your last 3 challenge entries :) And well deserved each one! Congratulations on amazing photographs!
This was my pick for the Blue and I gave it a 10...no disrespect to the other guys, I just love the moodiness and atmosphere of the sky. Well done on the ribbon
really cool image, i love the framing and how the person a nd the tower are sharp, and all of the background blurred. The tower cos of umbrella, looks like a toy
I can't tell how this is going to score but it is definitely my favorite of the challenge and this was a very good challenge. So many great entries. I love this shot!
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