Hi everyone,

Some of you might of seen this image before, it was one of my PAD entries in
Feb. When I took it, it was a really dull colour image, underexposed, and making
best of very poor light. I decided to convert it to tones, as this was the only
way to really show what it was I found interesting about the scene, and it transformed
into something I could only of dreamed of. WHen I did this back in feb, I didn't
know as much as I do now, and I made many of the adjustments to levels by hand
using burn and dodge tool without selections. I was quite happy with the results,
but I recently bought a digital photography book here in the UK, and they had
some lessons on how to do this a bit more selectively. They have competitions
each month, and I noted that they loved it when people actually produce work
based on their tutorials, for obvious reasons. So I thought I would rework it
following their instruction (kind of), and hopefully that will put me in with
a chance. The top price is a £800 camera, that will pay for a flash and
a new lens.

Any comments or constructive feedback before I print it would be very appreciated....

Original colour image:

Here is Feb's PAD image:

Here is the alternative in similar tones as the original:

One final note: I will probably be updating the image, as I get new ideas or agree experiment with suggestions that look better. :)