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December 26, 2005

3rd Place
War's Bloodshot Sky
Fremiet

The Mall, Washington, D.C.

I wandered down to the Mall in Washington this afternoon in search of another challenge idea/subject. The sculpture I found in front of the Capitol and took several angles skyward. Then I noticed how amazing the cloud formations were, so I took a bunch of them to keep as stock. When I got home I worked on combining sculpture and sky. I used a red filter on the sky after I extracted the sculpture and placed it over the sky as a layer, I then did a gradient and tweaked it a bit, fwiw. Fremiet

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Helen Betts29-Dec-2005 18:13
Very striking image, John. I especially like your perspective and the sky effect in the bottom of the imaage. Helen
bottles 28-Dec-2005 21:03
Beautifully done Fremiet! I really like this one.
Sony Forums Challenges28-Dec-2005 02:20
Moody and dramatic, I really like the way you put this together, Fremiet. The sky shots work very well here, especially with the red coloring. Nice perspective too. I like how the horse seems to be galloping "on" and "thru" the clouds....and traveling out of the frame. Neat how the uplifted sword and legs line up in the image. Well done. MFC
Katherine Stanback's Photos28-Dec-2005 01:27
Great idea to combine the statue with the dramatic sky - I really like the red coloring, too!
tessa 27-Dec-2005 16:39
very cool - looks apocolyptic! nice work
roberta27-Dec-2005 03:48
John,
Excellent work. The clouds and the red gradient create lots of mood, movement and drama. Well done!