I learned of this tunnel last summer, and was excited to visit it. It's probably one of the cool places in WI. Incredibly dark and spooky with water dripping, odd noises, and birds flying at your head. Every time I visited this place last year there was a layer of fog that would sweep through the tunnel. But this time, there was none.
Luckily, I knew I had expert editing to help me out, so I took some shot with the intention of adding a bit of fog, and trying to digitally re-create an image I accidentally created last year.
While playing around with the fog in the background, a face just appeared. I wasn't trying to create it, and would have never thought to do so. When I showed it to my wife, she told me to take it away because it was too creepy! I knew I had my entry.
I'm wondering now how many people will miss the face. To me, it is extremely obvious. To my wife (full screen) it was as well. In 800 px width, it is less so...
Post Processing:
* Crop
* Clone out some stray flight light and tunnel light
* Topaz Lens Effects to add fog
* Clone and blur the background
* Topaz Adjust to add some pop
* Topaz Lens Effects to add back a bit more fog and vignette
* Burn and desaturate the ground so it doesn't stick out so much
* Apply texture to path
* Vignette to add a claustrophobic feeling
* Dodge the face to make it stick out slightly more
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
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