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12-JUN-2010 kbellis

9th Place "West Column" by kbellis

Verona Island, Maine





Penobscot Narrows BridgeI love this bridge. Some of you may remember something I posted looking similar to this shot in earlier challenges, but I thought that I'd give it another try last night without direct sunlight and process it differently. And in case you're wondering, this is the view from the base of the colum of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory shot about 15 minutes after sunset.

The processing on this was to first isolate the concrete column from the sky and cables, copy the selection to a new layer and create a mask (for artifact management). pre-editThen that new layer's RGB got its contrast kicked up and its channels were individually auto toned (CS4). The shot to the right is the out-of-the-camera untouched version.

Then all that was left was to auto tone the base layer's red and the blue channels and set the blending mode of the concrete layer to Vivid Light.

Canon EOS 40D
0.60s f/13.0 at 11.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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janewigginsphotography20-Jun-2010 13:19
Excellent use of the pp - I like the graduated toning of the pink/purple in the background. Really stands out. jano
Canon Image Challenge15-Jun-2010 00:42
I like the leading lines. Shot looks like it's from another world. The PP makes it look sci-fi alien like 8)

-Techo
Canon Image Challenge14-Jun-2010 11:27
Thank you Traveller and Peter for commenting.

- Kelly
Canon Image Challenge14-Jun-2010 02:41
Kelly, you are seeing things that are true, but that....others cannot see until you see them first. Remarkable. Best Wishes, Traveller
Guest 14-Jun-2010 00:11
Really cool Kelly! Perspective, color, texture. Wow!
Canon Image Challenge13-Jun-2010 19:32
Thank you Nico for commenting.

- Kelly
jnconradie13-Jun-2010 19:17
This is a really excellent image. And thanks for the explanations. Your PS skills are way beyond mine..! :-) Compliments and regards Nico