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Dane County Conservation League
Dane County Conservation League
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Challenge: Abandon Buildings III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Aug 2, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 - 1/15
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 5, 2011

 Madison has a habit of tearing down abandoned buildings, so they are actually quite difficult to find around here. In fact, my favorite nearby abandoned building (seen in my Sepia entry) is in the process of being torn down. There is a fence surrounding the area and heavy machinery pulling down the walls.

Not to far from that building is this one. Connected to an old barn, this is apparently a place where various experiments happened. Walking around the small rooms is a bit creepy, and I haven't gone too far in yet. But I did get this nice shot of the outside on a cloudy day.

Post Processing:
* Combine three exposures in Nik HDR Efex Pro
* Repair out lens induced vignette
* Chromatic Aberration
* Increase brightness, recovery, and black point
* Increase saturation with lower vibrancy
* Increase contrast
* Curves
* Increase contrast of sky
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

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Votes: 141
Comments: 6
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AuthorThread
 02/05/2012 08:16:50 PM
Great point of view and processing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2011 12:21:10 PM
Awesome
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 08/09/2011 03:19:47 AM
Oh, the irony! Brilliant find.
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 08/08/2011 02:34:42 PM
good shot. neat irony.
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 08/08/2011 02:23:22 PM
crop 9
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 08/08/2011 08:41:40 AM
So sad and wistful. The gray sky is the perfect backdrop.
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