Bumped exposure, contrast, shadows, and saturation. Converted from RAW to TIFF, saved in 16 bit, HDR emulation a la the tutorial by [user]Aperture Priority[/user], resize, fine tune contrast, levels, and saturation, add border, save for web, submit.
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Very gray and dull - and very appropriate, methinks. One generally doesn't associate scenes like this with peppy blue-sky days so your presentation fits perfectly!
Although this one doesn't leap to the top of the competition in this challenge, the yellow-brown weeds, gravel, and gritty sidewalk have an honest kind of artistic merit that I didn't get at first glance.
I like the composition and the enhancement you did to the colors of the ground. The image as a whole does not have much impact on me, though. It may be that the overcast day just left it flat.
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