Reaching...

[zephyrsky]

So, this is my first post here on DPS! I've lurked or a bit, but I tend to be the shy type.

I haven't been taking photos for very long, so I hope to one day have even a fraction of the talent that so many of the people here have!

Last week, my laptop died on me so I headed to the Apple store in Osaka to have it repaired. After dropping it off, I wandered around the area with my camera. Now that I have my computer back and in working condition, I decided to work on the photos.

Sadly, I found that one of the photos I liked was taken at a point when the neon lights weren't all lit. A similar photo I took was lit.... but there was a man standing in the middle and it was a little too blurry. I figured I would combine the best of both worlds

Before:


After:


I also tweaked it a bit to give off more of a twilight-feel and show more of the seedy feeling of that area at that time in the evening. I think I might have darkened it a bit too much though

[Paul Francis Photography]

good job on combining the two, but yeah, the end result is kinda dark.