Crop, contrast masking, colour balance

One temple, connected lives
Photo Information
Copyright: Thien Tran (thien) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 497 W: 152 N: 207] (2084)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-04-26
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Edited by: Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1030 W: 1186 N: 346] (2205)
Edited Image Upload Date: 2004-09-05 14:08:21
Categories: Daily Life, Ruins
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Sigma 15-30 EX DG IF, Digital RAW
Exposure: 3.5, 1/25 seconds
Workshop Note
Although I really liked the original composition, I felt that the main element - the corridor - was too central, so I cropped to put things into more thirds/diagonal positions.

I used Contrast Masking (NewLayerViaCopy/Desaturate/Invert/BlurGaussian 19px/MergeModeOverlay100%) to bring out some more shadow detail.

Then I used colour balance to increase the amount of yellow slightly to warm the images (5 towards Yellow).

Finally applied USM (52%, 0.8px, 0) to the brightness channel in LABcolor to bring out a little more fine detail.

Just a suggestion :-)
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