Whisky+Wood and Sweet Axe

Whilst on a sudden visit to Wellington, I captured these premises along Cambridge Terrace from the window of a moving car: “Sweet Axe” caught my attention first, but - on reflection - “Whisky+Wood” sounds more like my scene. Plenty of lens flare, and I like the double-rainbow artifact that echoes the shape of the “Sweet Axe” signage on the building.

My interpretation:


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Have I got it right?
Team building in New Zealand means having a lot of whisky together and afterwards throwing some Axes?
I definitely live on the wrong side of the globe and your bosses have to be very nice
…or have a quite dangerous live.
:rofl:


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Here’s what I see. Gave it a bluish feel as I think its a picture towards the evening. The perfect time to have an oxymoron as Sweet Axe

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My - fun in GIMP

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Rt. 5.10


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Here is my version! Thanks @martin.scharnke for the raw file.
I mainly wanted to test the halation applied with a film simulation that I am playing with.


linear raw conversion using darktable:
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saturation and grain applied with darktable on the image from my python scripts:
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My version…

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