Directions - After Criticisms-

[Drax]

see my first "Directions" post for descriptions.
Here, i tried hard to follow the advises of the post's viewers.
I hope more people will do more comments, helping me to ameliorate myself in shootings and post-productions.

In this image, in Paintshop Pro Photo X2, i first did a magic wand selection, modified my selection by feathering it and changing the hue and saturation of the sky. Then i worked on the contrast in Adobe Lightroom, retouching also the overall color temperature, and at the end, sharpened a bit with Picasa2.
(It took me 110 min. of trying, failing, and retrying to achieve this)

[clockdoc]

Nice work! Hard to believe it is the same sign posted earlier. Sorry you had to spend so much time working on it. I appreciate your dilligence!

[Isilwen]

HUGE improvement! Great work!

[peeperita]

you made me go searching for the first thread for comparisons.....

nice work on the redo.....

peeper

[Drax]

Thanks you all! The appreciations made my day.
It is not the same shot; but the same day, weather, and time.( so, almost the same picture).It's just the other side of the pole. i worked on this one since it was a more complete (and longer pole) as suggested by jiminyClickit

[jiminyClickit]

Drax,

If you could only use one of these two shots to represent your photographic skills, which would you keep?

[phlyersphan]

Wow - it's like a completely different photo! Nice work!

(Here's the original, to save some digging!)

Directions

[Drax]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

Drax,

If you could only use one of these two shots to represent your photographic skills, which would you keep?

The second shot... and without questions.