LightningPaul

21 May 2009 443 views
 
supporter of
atom rss 1.0 rss 2.0
web browser google del.icio.us digg technorati
| lost password
birth date
cancel
photoblog image Tower Building Reflections

Tower Building Reflections


Another shot in Barcelona. Near the casino at the sea you have a bunch of high and modern buildings. I took a couple of shots. This one has a simple but very intriguing style. Lots of beautiful shiny glass and metal. The reflections are amazing too see.

This picture is not one of the bests I took over there but I wanted to give it a try. The post processing enhanced the strong properties of this building. The patterns are special to watch. You can look over and over and notice more and more hidden treasures. Please let me know what you think about it.


TECH-INFO: hand held I took 5 JPG shots with each a stop difference. The high shutter speed and a very steady hand makes it easy to let Photoshop align them during merging into a HDR file. This process was really needed due to the too high contrasts of the mid day sun. Before that I first performed lens corrections in DxO Optics Pro. In Photomatrix I tone mapped it to a TIFF file. Afterwards in Photoshop I used various masked adjustment layers of the curves, HSL and selective color tool. This way I enhanced the glass/metal work and the sky slightly. Finally some vignetting is added.


DXO COUPONS: perhaps some of you remember that I posted in March a code to get 15% reduction when buying a license of DxO Optics Pro. Thanks to the two readers who used the code. I hope you have lots of fun using DxO. I got a nice voucher for on Amazon from DxO.

Tower Building Reflections


Another shot in Barcelona. Near the casino at the sea you have a bunch of high and modern buildings. I took a couple of shots. This one has a simple but very intriguing style. Lots of beautiful shiny glass and metal. The reflections are amazing too see.

This picture is not one of the bests I took over there but I wanted to give it a try. The post processing enhanced the strong properties of this building. The patterns are special to watch. You can look over and over and notice more and more hidden treasures. Please let me know what you think about it.


TECH-INFO: hand held I took 5 JPG shots with each a stop difference. The high shutter speed and a very steady hand makes it easy to let Photoshop align them during merging into a HDR file. This process was really needed due to the too high contrasts of the mid day sun. Before that I first performed lens corrections in DxO Optics Pro. In Photomatrix I tone mapped it to a TIFF file. Afterwards in Photoshop I used various masked adjustment layers of the curves, HSL and selective color tool. This way I enhanced the glass/metal work and the sky slightly. Finally some vignetting is added.


DXO COUPONS: perhaps some of you remember that I posted in March a code to get 15% reduction when buying a license of DxO Optics Pro. Thanks to the two readers who used the code. I hope you have lots of fun using DxO. I got a nice voucher for on Amazon from DxO.

comments (5)

  • zed
  • Australia
  • 21 May 2009, 09:23
Strong image Paul, amazing amount of detail in the reflections
LightningPaul: Thanks Zed. I agree with the reflections. At first sight the image does not look so special but I think there a lot to see in here.
  • Ilan
  • Israel
  • 21 May 2009, 22:00
The first thing that came into mind is "stairway to heaven" .
Love the building reflected in the building, make you kind of dizzy..
Great!
LightningPaul: "stairway to heaven", thanks for mentioning it. You phrased it very well!
nice job
looks great
cheers
Rob
LightningPaul: Thanks Rob!
  • Marco
  • Netherlands
  • 14 Jun 2009, 20:56
If i'm correct you made a HDR picture without the HDR fakiness. Impressive and a very nice result!
LightningPaul: Thanks for your comment. I made a real HDR image and tone mapped it to this. What is HDR fakiness exactly?
  • Rod
  • Sydney, Australia
  • 17 Jun 2009, 11:11
Great photo Paul. A lot of detail and character.

Overall, it is one of the best photoblogs I saw for last weeks. Your comments on how phots are processed is a gem.

Thank you for sharing.

Leave a comment

must fill in
[stop comment form]
show
for this photo I'm in a any and all comments icon ShMood©
camera NIKON D200
exposure mode full manual
shutterspeed 1/100s
aperture f/8.0
sensitivity ISO100
focal length 22.0mm
International Fireworks Festival Duinbergen 2011 #1International Fi...
Breakwater GirlBreakwater Girl
Port Industries BarcelonaPort Industries ...