I took this photo but was unhappy with a number of things. Mainly the empty space to the upper right hand section and the fact the lock was out of focus. My mistake - I should have checked. All in all it was a pretty boring shot so I've just been playing around with it a bit and came up with this. I think it's an improvement but it's still nothing special. I'd like to do something with the text - it's a bit plain and boring.
f6.3
1/8 sec
ISO 400 due to dappled shaded area.
DPP included adding one B&W gradient and a blue > orange gradient set to soft light @ about 50% opacity. Added a peeling paint texture and the text - which was also created by me.
How else could I make it less boring? Tighter crop maybe, to get rid of the dead space?
Cheers,
Matthew