LightningPaul

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photoblog image Abandoned - Red Door and Pipe

Abandoned - Red Door and Pipe

An old abandoned factory build with typical red bricks. It's waiting for a new destination. In the meantime it got captured by me.


TECH-INFO: using a tripod I shot 7 JPGs with each a stop difference. I first used DxO Optics Pro to correct lens distortion and softness. Then I merged them into a HDR file and tone mapped it with Photomatrix Pro.
Afterwards I processed it in Photoshop. A contrast boost using curves and an enhancement of the reds and the whites using the selective color tool. The vibrancy is pushed to the max but the saturation is lowered a lot. The pavement is separately processed: to contrast more with the red bricks I added some blue tones using the channel mixer, curves and selective color tool. Next I selected the big pipe at the right plus the red door to enhance its contrast using an overlay layer. This makes the bright tones lighter and dark ones more black. The effect is very cool; the door really stands out. I discovered it by coincidence . At end I added a small vignette all around the border of the image. Finally it is cropped with a 1/2 ratio.

I'm very happy with the processing. It gives the red brick building a great dramatic touch.


VAZAAR: posted for the topic Urban Decay.

Abandoned - Red Door and Pipe

An old abandoned factory build with typical red bricks. It's waiting for a new destination. In the meantime it got captured by me.


TECH-INFO: using a tripod I shot 7 JPGs with each a stop difference. I first used DxO Optics Pro to correct lens distortion and softness. Then I merged them into a HDR file and tone mapped it with Photomatrix Pro.
Afterwards I processed it in Photoshop. A contrast boost using curves and an enhancement of the reds and the whites using the selective color tool. The vibrancy is pushed to the max but the saturation is lowered a lot. The pavement is separately processed: to contrast more with the red bricks I added some blue tones using the channel mixer, curves and selective color tool. Next I selected the big pipe at the right plus the red door to enhance its contrast using an overlay layer. This makes the bright tones lighter and dark ones more black. The effect is very cool; the door really stands out. I discovered it by coincidence . At end I added a small vignette all around the border of the image. Finally it is cropped with a 1/2 ratio.

I'm very happy with the processing. It gives the red brick building a great dramatic touch.


VAZAAR: posted for the topic Urban Decay.

comments (23)

  • 613photo
  • United States
  • 8 Jan 2009, 00:21
Terrific wall. The level of detail is outstanding...there are so many things to look at here. The most prominent feature to me is the ducts forming a reversed "L" shape along with the ruins of conduit and awning doing the inverse.

Very, very nice shot.
LightningPaul: Thank you very much for your comment. I appreciate it a lot. The old factories were great to photograph. You may expect many more of them in the next coming weeks and months.
  • Martin
  • United States
  • 8 Jan 2009, 03:55
Nice work finding some interesting grunge!
LightningPaul: Thanks!
Wow - This is very well done and give a very special atmosphere ! I like !
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your comment.
Bell'esmepio di archeologia industriale.
LightningPaul: Thanks! I like such architecture a lot.
I like this a lot Paul,great pping.
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your comment and visit.
Great shot, the textures and sense of decay are great
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your visit and comment.
  • Simone
  • Italy
  • 8 Jan 2009, 10:05
Absolutely my favorite between the latest photos. Composition, atmosphere, tones and exposure are very well done!
LightningPaul: Many many thanks! I feel the same about this image.
  • Ilan
  • Israel
  • 8 Jan 2009, 11:50
I love how you take photos of fragments I would pass without giving a second glance. Great stuff.
LightningPaul: Thank you for your very kind comment.
The details and tones are truly fascinating in this image. Excellent framing and I love all the various patterns. Could stare at this image for a long time, great capture.
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your kind comment. I appreciate it.
You should be very happy with the processing - it is perfect! For all us who like decay and rust but at the same time are truly "door and window lovers" this is a wonderful motif.
The colortones is outstanding.
Great job!
LightningPaul: Thank you very much for this great comment. I'm very delighted.
This is superbly done Paul.
LightningPaul: Many thanks Bill.
You have a great blog. Congratulations for your good work.
LightningPaul: Many many thanks for your visiting and kind comment.
  • xavi
  • Spain
  • 8 Jan 2009, 15:41
great image
LightningPaul: Thank you!
  • Dr A. W!
  • United States
  • 8 Jan 2009, 15:44
the you've captured the beauty in the old
LightningPaul: Thanks for your comment. I love to see such things and I'm happy you agree with this beauty.
  • SePp
  • Germany
  • 8 Jan 2009, 17:35
Very nice work. Thanks for explanation!

Greets,
Sebastian
LightningPaul: Thanks for visiting and commenting, your're welcome.
Terrific wall Paul. ... and delightfully delapidated. Where is this by the way?
richard
LightningPaul: Thanks Richard. It is in Zyrardow in Poland (50 km below Warsaw). I'll post many more shots in the next coming weeks and months of this place (especially of those factories).
Great image and nice PP work. I like this kind of shot.
LightningPaul: Thank you Giorgio.
and being a bricky i will go along with that Paulgrin

I just can not see shots like this, perhaps i should try hardersmile

Nice one Paul.
LightningPaul: Many thanks Tim! I think you have to be at the right location for such shots. This is shot in Poland, though I live in Belgium.
I love all af these tiny details, a very rich image, well balanced.
SwissCharles
LightningPaul: Thank you for your visit and comment.
Fantastic detail, Lightning! This really holds your attention for a while. Well judged use of HDR, which, if I'm honest, I'm not a big fan of!
LightningPaul: Many thanks Dave for your comment! You'll love HDR if you know its true power, just like "the dark side of the force" ;-)
It's just a 32-bit image (instead of 16 or 8) which have much more detail and a higher dynamic range. When tone mapping it to 8 bit you have endless possibilities, but some people do that in a very artistic, strange or unusual way. I prefer to keep it mostly pretty real, or to enhance all the details.
EXCELLENT! Me encanta el tema y la composición. Me gusta mucho. Es un tipo de fotografia que a mi personalmente me encanta.
LightningPaul: Thanks you very much for your comment. You may expect more of such images in the next coming weeks or months.
Superb shot... building like this are great fodder for photographers!
LightningPaul: You are completely right! I've been photographing a lot of these buildings the last two weeks. So more images soon.
  • Tero
  • Finland
  • 12 Jan 2009, 08:41
Very good, balanced composition. Good colrs and details.
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your visit and comment.

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