2012, Day 163 - Spin spin spin

Another from my photo walk from a couple nights ago.  Everyone loves the spinning lights but they all want to get so close and I like a litte context.  So you can see a number of photographers standing by the railing, waiting for the ferris wheel to start again.  I like the buildings in the background, the heavy texture of the sidewalk, and the glow of the street lamps.  For this photo I decided to try to make the entire scene a little dingy so I added an orange/brown cast to everything and then masked out the lights of the ferris wheel.  I wanted them vibrant in contrast to the rest of the image like an oasis of happiness.

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24-105/f4L IS
67mm, f5.6, 2 sec @ 100 ISO