LightningPaul

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Abandoned - Cyan Glass


Cyan colored glass, being part of an old factory or storage place, in Zyrardow, Poland. It was weird to see that. I couldn't think of any meaningful purpose, especially I assume it was build during communism. In other words a time period where every building was pure functional and somehow had to look even (very) depressing. This kind of glass is used quite a lot in this building, e.g. around the corner I took this shot.

This summer I didn't had much to time to work on my Abandoned Series but now I really have too. I would like to enter a contest (due date is November 1) and I would like to use mainly images of this series. If I ever would win than my images will hang on an exposition in Antwerp.


TECH-INFO: I was lucky, the sun was setting which provided very nice light. I had my tripod, bubble level (to get all the lines straight),a cable release, hand gloves, a warm hat and a scarf because it was windy and freezing like hell (althoughit might be very hot in the latter place). I took 7 exposures, of each of stop difference, in order to capture all lighting details. At home I performed lens corrections with DxO Optics Pro and merged them into a HDR file with Photomatrix Pro. After tone mapping, to get lots of detail, I enhanced colors and contrasts in Photoshop using several masked adjustment layers. Finally some vignetting is added. The steps above are becoming a standard process for me, especially for images which I post on this blog.

Abandoned - Cyan Glass


Cyan colored glass, being part of an old factory or storage place, in Zyrardow, Poland. It was weird to see that. I couldn't think of any meaningful purpose, especially I assume it was build during communism. In other words a time period where every building was pure functional and somehow had to look even (very) depressing. This kind of glass is used quite a lot in this building, e.g. around the corner I took this shot.

This summer I didn't had much to time to work on my Abandoned Series but now I really have too. I would like to enter a contest (due date is November 1) and I would like to use mainly images of this series. If I ever would win than my images will hang on an exposition in Antwerp.


TECH-INFO: I was lucky, the sun was setting which provided very nice light. I had my tripod, bubble level (to get all the lines straight),a cable release, hand gloves, a warm hat and a scarf because it was windy and freezing like hell (althoughit might be very hot in the latter place). I took 7 exposures, of each of stop difference, in order to capture all lighting details. At home I performed lens corrections with DxO Optics Pro and merged them into a HDR file with Photomatrix Pro. After tone mapping, to get lots of detail, I enhanced colors and contrasts in Photoshop using several masked adjustment layers. Finally some vignetting is added. The steps above are becoming a standard process for me, especially for images which I post on this blog.

comments (9)

Abandoned series is very interesting.
LightningPaul: Thanks Stefania. The next coming days and weeks I'll post many more of them.
  • paul
  • United Kingdom
  • 4 Oct 2009, 18:32
all that work really paid off - this is great
LightningPaul: Many thanks Paul. I'll post many more of this series now. I hope you like them too.
The processing really has brought out the detail Paul, good luck with the competition.
LightningPaul: Many thanks! I'm preparing more images so I can enter the competition with more pictures.
great linework
  • Tero
  • Finland
  • 6 Oct 2009, 08:04
There is two colors and two shapes. I think this is fantastic!
LightningPaul: Thanks a lot Tero. I hope you like the new ones of my Abandoned Series also so much.
Very nicely done, it looks natural! Difficult to do in HDR.
Love the blue tone on the glass too.
LightningPaul: Many thanks. HDR is like RAW on steroids, so many more possibilities but sometimes it makes it harder.
  • Doum
  • Canada
  • 6 Oct 2009, 13:36
Need it for build a shower wall at home... Really like the viewable texture inside the square... Bravo et bonne semaine.
You have superb works Paul so good luck entering and winning the contest. Keep us posted about the progress.
LightningPaul: Thanks a lot Rod. I'll keep the readers of my blog up to date. The next coming days and two weeks I'll post more images for the Abandoned Series. So I would say: "Stay Tuned" smile
  • flo g
  • France
  • 11 Oct 2009, 17:26
very nice light and graphism
LightningPaul: Thank you for your comment smile

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sensitivity ISO100
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