Software Hootenanny 3

Any and all treatments not normally allowed software-wise are allowed/encouraged for this contest: artsy filters, exposure stacking/HDR, tilt-shift fakes, stitching, etc.   NOTE: Combining multiple shots or elements thereof in any fashion you desire is fair game, but every pixel in your final image must have started its life as a pixel in a photo that you personally took.  All photos used in any way for this contest cannot be used in future contests.

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3rd place

Entry #1

20 votes

Planet Chicago
Five-shot stitched panorama edited to match ends and transformed with polar coordinates

1st place

Entry #2

28 votes

Starry Night in Ringworld Chicago
Two-shot stiched panorama edited to match ends and transformed with polar coordinates
Starfield & meteor from 2010 Perseids, Moon from 2010 lunar eclipse