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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: 5.x
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Austin, TX
Date: Jul 28, 2007
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2007

 I expect nothing less than 5.5 on this one.
adjustment layer for curves to bring out the statue
cloned wires from a transmission lines
resize/USM
that's it.
OK. Then I realized that the photo is pretty flat.
Used OptikVerve's Virtual Photographer plugin (as I'm not good enough, so I let the computer do it for me). That brought out some sunset tone (the photo was indeed taken at sunset, so not too artificial after all).
Then applied some selective color shifting to the otherwise boring and blend sky.
Then applied copper effect to the statue, to illuminate it and make it stand out some more.
All those layers then combined, USM 300/0.3/0 and done.

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Place: 470 out of 651
Avg (all users): 5.3413
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Votes: 126
Comments: 10
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 08/08/2007 03:16:08 AM
Great perspective and the bronze colored windows work great with the bronze Blues Man.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2007 01:35:12 PM
Using the bronze statue is an excellent idea. Not only does it provide some contrast between old and new, but it provides a sense of scale and perspective on the future. Since cloning minor imperfections was allowed, I maybe would have taken out the street signs in the lower right corner. Only because it is a bright orange dot which keeps attracting my eye to that area.
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 08/05/2007 09:06:44 PM
My Hero
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 08/05/2007 05:36:14 PM
I just ran by him yesterday. Nice perspective - were you standing far back with a big telephoto?
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 08/05/2007 04:44:57 PM
Ohhhhh the best blues player who ever lived. I was just listening to Texas Flood earlier today.

I like the gold tones here. Very fitting for the king.
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 08/04/2007 05:27:03 AM
The Sky is Crying - and so did I when he died. Very nice observation and lighting.
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 08/02/2007 09:35:26 PM
Riviera Paradise.....
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 08/02/2007 06:40:17 PM
The lighting seems a bit...odd on the statue. This makes me think of postcard photos.
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 08/01/2007 04:51:39 PM
What a magnificent building! I think the statue distracts from it, I'd love to see just that building, maybe even a different angle of it.
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 07/31/2007 10:45:29 PM
IMO the shot may have been improved without the statue in front of shot but since you obviously couldn't move it...
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