Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. :-) It's a single line of barbed wire, and yes I know, the focus is primarily on the barb. The OOF background area is a large tree that has grown around this barbed wire. Must be 50 years old at least.
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- Strongest contrast, Film color K
- export as TIFF
PSP X2
- crop
- clarify +1
- mirror
- xero filter: Seasons (0,-50,-30,255)
- brightness/contrast (0,5)
- resize
- usm (.50,100,10) +luminance
- dodge/burn lower part of wire
- save as JPG
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Compositionally, this feels just a touch off-balance to me. I think more of a diagonal OR more negative space on the right would make it feel more balanced. Also, having the barb further towards the bottom of the frame would make it feel more stable, I think -- right now it is almost centered and it seems to make it feel static.
Technically, I really like the shallow dof in this. It accentuates the barb and textures nicely. Also, the mottled background gives an interesting almost-smooth contrast to the sharpness of wire. The colors are also really good.
Overall, you have definitely met the challenge. Despite what it probably sounds like, I really like it. It has an almost abstract quality that it intriguing. Good work.
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