Poverty in Manila

At a recent trip to Manila, I was able to tour a Gawad Kalinga (www.gk1world.org) community built on a landfill. This is one of my favorite photos from the trip.

Interesting Photo

A little doctored, yes, but I thought it ended up being a pretty interesting photo overall.  This started out as a color photo. I did some High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging on it to turn it into a mostly b&w photo, leaving in the purples and yellows and a bit of green.  When I shot the photo, it wasn’t what intended at all — in fact, I accidentally included the plant when composing.  Sometimes accidents work out for the best …