Christmas' lights Photo

Photographer’s Note

At Christmas' market in Karlsruhe, the roof of a stand was particularly well decorated. The small house in the center opened its shutters and a small Father Christmas said "Hello", as a cuckoo clock. Unfortunately I didn't have time to capture it.

Post-processing with Photoshop :
- level adjustment
- hue saturation (+22)
- curves adjusment
- crop at the bottom
- contrast adjustment on Lightness channel in Lab mode
- resize
- unsharpness mask (116% - 0,4 - 2) Lightness channel in Lab mode

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PixelTerror (87215) 2004-12-08 5:00

Bonjour Lionel, une tres belle photo de saison tres nette et avec de superbes couleurs, c'est sur avec le coucou c'aurait ete top... Je viens juste de creer un theme auquel je me permets d'ajouter cette photo.

KUAN (1502) 2004-12-08 5:59

Now I look round for atmosphere of Christmas... I buy this postcard ;))

carper (66148) 2004-12-08 11:21

Very good one Lionel.
I think You cann sell it an the shops, this is one card you can buy, fun. No, this is a very good composition, very good colours, very fine atmosphere, I like it, good job

robiuk (10763) 2004-12-08 16:49

he-he-he,
pretty scene, Lionel. At first I thought it was something to do with a fairytale or kids' picture-book...
Nice postcard, indeed!

jp80 (8437) 2004-12-09 6:09

Très joli, très fin, très bien cadré. J'aime beaucoup cette composition. Juste une petite chose me chagrine : cette partie floue en bas de l'image (surement une tête qui a bougé !). Bien vu tout de même.

Pascal

Galmeida (12559) 2004-12-21 7:02

A very nice composition and Postcard for Christmas time. Congratulations and have a good xmas!

hispic (7399) 2004-12-23 1:51

I was surprised at a very precise and beautiful finish, and notice the using of suitable USM. This is really beautiful!
I'm adding your photo into my "Christmas Time" theme.
Merry Christmas, Lionel!