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... some things may seem crooked.

Inspired by:

1) ♪ Long Distance Calling - Apparitions ♪
2) The art of Creepella Gruesome. Thanks, Creepy ;)

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

I've had this shot of the Wallace Monument sitting on my computer's "Work to be Processed" -folder for years. And I never knew what to do with it - the shot just wasn't doing any kind of justice to this amazing Scottish landmark.

Yesterday I finally thought, "Screw it." and went to town with Photoshop. So I slapped on a new sky, did some tonal tweaking, vignetting, added some digital rain - and presto! Much cooler and more impressive looking Wallace Monument.

This shot was inspired by three things:

1) Tilt-shift photography.

2) An article I've been working on, which deals with current trends of social media, journalism and yada, yada, yada.

While working on the piece I came across some studies and figures that were... interesting. Like that 1 out 4 college students prefer using social media to actual face-to-face communication, like dating, going to parties or hanging out with friends. And that for some people using SNSs like Facebook causes huge spikes in their oxytocin levels. You know, that hormone that produces the “feel good” vibe when you're in love. Yikes.

3) South Park episode "You Have 0 Friends". Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest places...