THE PHOTO:
While I consider this a cool shot it’s own right, the fact that it’s a display-piece in a large rounded corner window (Spring and Burke Sts) of the old Hardrock Cafe is even cooler – I need to try and get a perspective shot before it’s gone.

POST-PROCESSING:
Crop, Color Balance (White-point), Duplicate layer blended in soft-light mode after Gaussian Blur, Dodge and Burn, Levels, Curves, USM and Neat Image Noise Reduction.

EXIF:

• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Camera: NIKON D2X
• Taken: 23 June, 2008
• Exposure bias: -1EV
• Focal length: 12mm
• ISO: 160
• Shutter speed: 1/1.3s