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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Image Grain III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Sloss Furnace, Birmingham, Alabama
Date: Jun 26, 2009
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.60 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2009
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Shot inside old coal tunnel at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.
Took single RAW exposure and processed to 3 exposures in 1 stop increments. Processed in Photomatix.
Imported HDR processed .tif file into PSE6
Crop
Levels layer (black pt 4, white pt 252)
USM (10%, R60, T0) 3 times
Hue/sat - master desaturate -63
Shadows/Highlights (LS 2%, DH 38%, MC 20%)
Duplicate layer - soft light mode @ 48% opacity
Select figure, Brightness/Contrast (B -102, C 39)
Selective dodge/burn
Hue/sat - master desaturate -35
USM (100%, R1, T3) 2 times
Noise filter (17%, gaussian, monochromatic)
Flatten
Resize
USM (45%, R0.3, T1)
Add border
Save for Web
Here is original file
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07/24/2010 08:54:23 PM |
| Great idea and great shot. Nice job on the processing. |
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07/05/2009 02:39:32 PM |
| Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:5.5 Technicals:5 Processing:5 Creativity:6 |
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07/04/2009 05:06:59 PM |
| great depth love the perspective |
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07/02/2009 12:57:20 PM |
| Great image of urban exploration. Came out wonderfully. |
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07/01/2009 04:54:54 PM |
| Nice setup and capture. The detail of the person is a tiny lost to me with as far away as they are but that's just nitpiking on my part. The grain feels very appropriate for this photo. |
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06/30/2009 02:29:31 PM |
| Interesting location for photos. |
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06/29/2009 12:42:55 PM |
| Awesome! Fabulous composition, mood, & processing. This looks like the blue to me!.....10 |
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06/29/2009 01:54:31 AM |
| Use of grain adds to this image. The environment is gritty and the graininess enhances that. Nice job. |
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06/29/2009 12:10:13 AM |
| Fantastic drama. Well done. |
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