Thanks Lloyd, Steve, Rayyan. Sobering indeed.
I guess that's the word which defines best what you feel there in regard to the petty materialism in our modern (western) lives.
Haunting place, for sure.
Thanks Matt.
And sorry for the slightly pedantic presentation. Though this time it's not exactly "funny".
Osman, your words are humbling.
After all with our cameras we're mere vehicles of larger places, stories and people.
Jorgen, thanks. Also for taking the time to raise this quite interesting and valid point.
It's indeed the very decision i had to make when processing this image -without being sure. I eventually opted for a tad blurred, understated sky just because i wanted place as much emphasis and focus on the grounds, where the memory of these historic events lays.
But you have such an exercised eye that you guessed right and saw right through the manipulation: the sky was indeed
much more dramatic -to the extent of being possibly overwhelming with regard to the previous comment.
That said, i'll let you judge... further opinions are much appreciated.
Here's in order (clickable thumnails)
1/ the original crop, color version -not much of work and no color correction.
(note: for some reason i originally processed this batch in C1 and as mentionned before its basic profiles colors are a bit funky on the D3X files - i slightly corrected them in PS, but a re work from the RAW file in NX2 would be beneficial)
2/ original crop with the same BW treatment, before tuning the sky down (blur+ligthen+a marginal touch of blue cast)
3/ same as #2, but with the final crop presentation as posted above.
Thanks all for your thoughts, if any