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We all had our balloons back then. No need to beg, or steal..
We all had our balloons back then. No need to beg, or steal..
mcaldo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Balloon II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Samsung GX-10
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Liverpool Street Station - London
Date: Dec 13, 2011
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2011

 My cyberpunk take on the ballons theme :)
I had other ideas, but bad weather and little spare time did not help.
I was a bit uncertain about the crop and processing.
I would have liked to include more of the balloons on the bottom, but I found that this would weaken an already weak story by taking focus from the background and the looming man. The perfect crop would actually exclude the balloons almost completely.
Also, the ballons are not nearly as defined as I would have liked, due to post-processing, while they were . And it's too late at night to restart from scratch.
This is a single capture, color tweaked in lightroom (mostly white balance and exposure parameters) and some dodge and burn in PS, particularly on the man (now I find PP excessive, though).
I wonder if people will see what I see, and notice the man looming in the background.


Statistics
Place: 62 out of 68
Avg (all users): 4.3214
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5526
Avg (non-participants): 4.2538
Views since voting: 416
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 168
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/22/2011 08:46:20 AM
Congrats on the PH award.
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 12/21/2011 07:10:50 PM
Those were the days, sort of.
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 12/21/2011 04:55:35 PM
Thanks everybody for the comments, much appreciated, always!
 12/21/2011 04:53:25 PM
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
I keep coming back...


You certainly do, everytime I feel dismayed as I am not getting any comments during the voting phase, one from you will magically appear and make my day.
Thanks for that, Penny :)

Message edited by author 2011-12-21 16:59:00.
 12/21/2011 11:55:00 AM
I keep coming back...
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 12/21/2011 11:48:21 AM
what they said.
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 12/21/2011 11:38:24 AM
great feel to this shot, worth a second look, a third, or more...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/20/2011 06:54:11 PM
beautiful powerful brushstrokes

I'm hanging this in my fantasy art gallery

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 12/18/2011 09:36:27 AM
10 for the best title in the bunch by far.. Love the blurs and the muted colors. 8 overall.
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 12/17/2011 10:46:33 AM
I'm old enough to remember.
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