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The Taj (13)
jr_paterson Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 37] (251)
The majestic Taj Mahal... need I say no more!

This is, put simply, the most beautiful building I have ever seen, and well worth the trip if you can.

Even at 6am when the gates open there are dozens of people queuing to witness its beauty.

I don't currently have access to the right software, but if anyone wants to workshop out the scaffolding around the left side sphere, or the people on the path on the left of the photo, please be my guest!

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jr_paterson Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 37] (251)
A Little bit of everything
Edited by:diafani Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 46 W: 0 N: 42] (439)

Levels, Curves, Saturation, Tilt....

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jr_paterson Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 37] (251)
ShiftN+Gimp
Edited by:cobraphil8 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1751 W: 978 N: 1857] (11198)

Automatic correction of perspective with ShiftN

Levels, curves,... with Gimp

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jr_paterson Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 37] (251)
CS2
Edited by:dmarizz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 227 W: 103 N: 327] (1642)

Quite a bit of perspective correction (via lens correction tool) + Local Contrast Enhancement Technique (via USM) + a slight Smart Sharpen (to recover what lost in lens correction) + a bit of saturation increase + drop shadow frame = I hope you will appreciate the result.

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jr_paterson Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 37] (251)
Cloning
Edited by:Royaldevon Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 502 W: 67 N: 868] (2968)

Hello James,
I hope you like the workshop.

pp cloned the scaffolding away, added some color balance, brightness and contrast. I did this to try to make the dome less like the sky colour.
Kind regards, Bev :-)