LightningPaul

The Metro station called Magenta in Paris. It looks empty but if you look very carefully you'll see someone walking at the end. I decided to post another Metro shot since many of you like them.


TECH-INFO: only one RAW file shot hand held. Developed 3 exposures in DxO Optics Pro. Merged them into a HDR file and tone mapped them. Used DxO again for local contrast enhancement. Afterwards processed in Photoshop where I used curves and dodging & burning techniques to bright up some parts and to add some vignetting. For the latter technique I mostly don't use the burn and dodge tools, I similate the effect by using lightness (HSL), brightness (B/C) and curve adjustment layers. I use the paint bucket tool, the eraser tool and the gradient tool to paint on the masks of those layers. Sometimes I make multiple masks and combine together to use for one adjustment layer. It's a powerfull technique to fine tune the image in a rather short time.