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photoblog image Bullet Holes in the Concrete Warehouse

Bullet Holes in the Concrete Warehouse


Shot in the port area of Boulogne-sur-Mer, North of France at the sea. This looks like a storage place inside a bunker. Perhaps something remaining of the second world war. The bullet holes are quite amazing.


TECH-INFO: I used my tripod, bubble level and cable release. The latter was probably not so useful because the wind was very hard at that moment. I had to hold my tripod steady with my hands. I shot 7 JPGs with each a stop difference.

As most of my images, I performed lens corrections in DxO Optics Pro. This is really necessary because there is quite some distortion when using the 12-24mm Nikon lens at its widest length. I merged the pictures into a HDR file in Photoshop. Then I corrected slightly the perspective and saved the result in a .EXR file. The HDR file, which I keep for some time in the future (when we'll all have HDR televisions), is tone mapped to a 16 bit TIFF in Photomatrix Pro. Afterwards I enhanced several parts using masked adjustment layers of the curves and color selective tool. Some corner vignetting is added too.
Enjoy the result!

Bullet Holes in the Concrete Warehouse


Shot in the port area of Boulogne-sur-Mer, North of France at the sea. This looks like a storage place inside a bunker. Perhaps something remaining of the second world war. The bullet holes are quite amazing.


TECH-INFO: I used my tripod, bubble level and cable release. The latter was probably not so useful because the wind was very hard at that moment. I had to hold my tripod steady with my hands. I shot 7 JPGs with each a stop difference.

As most of my images, I performed lens corrections in DxO Optics Pro. This is really necessary because there is quite some distortion when using the 12-24mm Nikon lens at its widest length. I merged the pictures into a HDR file in Photoshop. Then I corrected slightly the perspective and saved the result in a .EXR file. The HDR file, which I keep for some time in the future (when we'll all have HDR televisions), is tone mapped to a 16 bit TIFF in Photomatrix Pro. Afterwards I enhanced several parts using masked adjustment layers of the curves and color selective tool. Some corner vignetting is added too.
Enjoy the result!

comments (7)

  • Chris
  • England
  • 17 Aug 2009, 00:55
I wonder what happened there Paul?
Intriguing stuff Paul. Looks like the door could do with a coat of paint too!
  • urban8
  • United Kingdom
  • 17 Aug 2009, 07:06
Impressive structure and nice colours & contrasts in this shot.
  • zed
  • Australia
  • 17 Aug 2009, 08:17
Wouldn't you love to know what has happened here, great work as always paul
  • Doum
  • Canada
  • 17 Aug 2009, 13:38
IMPRESSIVE SHOT! I'd like to see this with my own eyes and find a path to going inside... like a ghost...
a nice worn out building surface
I like th eperspective, quite daunting

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camera NIKON D200
exposure mode full manual
shutterspeed 1/50s
aperture f/8.0
sensitivity ISO100
focal length 12.0mm
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