I am so glad for the wonderful comments and the overall acceptance of this image!
This was just a simple moment from an amazing trip to Istanbul this Easter, and I was lucky to take many photos in one (if not the ONE) of the most photographic places worldwide.
A special "much appreciated" to posthumous for the blue!
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Here is a different processing of the image, without the restrictions of the Basic Editing rules.
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Place: 4 out of 135 Avg (all users): 6.8252 Avg (commenters): 8.3810 Avg (participants): 6.5893 Avg (non-participants): 6.9133 Views since voting: 4349 Views during voting: 361 Votes: 206 Comments: 35 Favorites: 11 (view)
i like how you framed this. at first i thought the empty opposing chair should be seen. but on second thought. having the other half of the table cut off. well it adds to the feeling of being lonely.
One of the best pictures I've ever seen. Absolutely beyond ribbons. The only reason I'm staying in DPChallenge is to vote pics like this. Well done my friend, I'm proud of you.
This photograph is brilliant! The scenery, tones and emotion are perfectly captured. Sorry, there's nothing I could suggest to improve this image. I expect to see this on the front page. Well done.
After finishing my voting and reviewing the scores I could not justify not bumping this up a notch and this will be my only 10 for the challenge.
I really like this picture. I don't know that I like the washed feel to it though. Maybe that was intentional but just a tad darker would have made it better for me.
This is a very nicely seen image...I would, however, take a little off the top to get rid of the distacting light fixture and redirect the eye to the woman sitting. 8
I am saving my high scores for images that convey waiting without the title spelling it out for me. This is one of those images. Great shot. Is this Istanbul?