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.

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