This time of year, in this part of the world, is a difficult one for this challenge. We have so many trees and buildings grouped together that it's tough to get anything minimalistic. I spent all week thinking of what to do, and it wasn't until Sunday morning that I found some photos of interest. I actually got two photos that morning, and had a hard time deciding between them. Eventually I settled on this one because I believe it will be the more unique entry, and I'm hoping that gives it a slight boost in voting. My alternative option: //www.flickr.com/photos/giantmike13/5801985187/
Post Processing:
* White Balance
* Clone out a small piece of garbage in the field
* Recovery
* Increase black point
* Highlights
* Topaz Adjust (simplified the details to make this a bit more minimalistic)
* Crop
* Increase Black Point further
* Increase Contrast
* Increase Definition
* Decrease Saturation with higher vibrancy
* Levels
* Reduce oranges and increase blues
* Blue color monochrome to add vibrancy to the sky
* Brown color monochrome to warm up the ground
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
Statistics
Place: 76 out of 137 Avg (all users): 5.5882 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 5.4407 Avg (non-participants): 5.7013 Views since voting: 941 Views during voting: 242 Votes: 136 Comments: 5 Favorites: 0
I am wondering if B&W would not greatly benefit this lovely picture. The colors are so washed out and not too interesting but the movement and graphic details are wonderful.
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