LightningPaul

This is one of the more modern buildings among all the abandoned factories in Zyrardow, Poland. Probably it is build during communism because there are no red bricks, like in this one. As far as I know there is no activity inside anymore. It is shot in the winter. You can see the reflections of trees without any leaves. This building is located near the also abandoned power plant. The wooden panels are pretty unique. I haven't seen any other building in the neighborhood looking similar.

UPDATE: submitted for the VFXY theme Dark.


TECH-INFO: like many of my other HDR images, I shot several shots using a tripod. Despites the contrast was not very high, it was the only way to get all details. I used tone mapping mainly to enhance all the details. In Photoshop I improved several parts. The top and bottom are darkened to move the focus to the windows. The windows and parts of the wood got more contrast.

After posting this image, I had another look to the HDR source file with Photomatrix Pro. It lets you view a small area but adjusts the brightness in that area. I see many many more details than on this image. I guess we have to wait until we have real HDR screens, then we finally can start enjoying real HDR images, instead of tone mapped versions.