Making of a photo.

This photo that was taken in a back alley in Havana, Cuba, has become one of my all time favorites that I have taken. The rich colors and dynamic range along with the leading lines and unbalanced foreground make for a very interesting photo.

Here is the finished photo. Look at it full screen to really appreciate it. The .tiff file for this photo is over 100mb!

See how humble this photo's beginnings really were after the jump

This is a photo of the alley where this picture was taken.

As many of my favorite photos start, a picture of my hand. I do this to show that I am starting a panorama series and that the following photos are meant to be in a panorama.

Stitched together in Photoshop

Given HDR Toning with Photomatix Pro

Replaced the sky with one I had from another photo and made the dog in the foreground slightly larger.