fading
by Mephisto

Comment by colorcarnival:
This has got to be an amazing place to see in person. And the light shining thru the windows must create a sense of nostalgia too. I'm more fascinated by the stuff on the right rather than what is down the hallway on the left. I love how the light enhances the details on the railing. Makes you wonder where it all leads to.

Story of a friendship
by Mephisto

Comment by ZeppKash:
very nice. i'd love to know where this is. The only thing i don't like about the picture is the houses on the far hill, but i won't fault you, i'm sure you didn't build them. ;)

what direction
by Mephisto

Comment by trevytrev:
Another great old building shot, you really have these pegged! I love the tone in this and the capture of movement in a stagnate enviroment adds a nice touch, well done, again:)

Story of a friendship
by Mephisto

Comment by one2one:
Wow that's very impressive. That patch of grass looks greenish to me, is this a duotone or a b&w? 9

Story of a friendship
by Mephisto

Comment by JonathanJ:
Wow. Very nice black and white conversion too.

what direction
by Mephisto

Comment by twmax:
I'm impressed at how sharp this turned out with a 1/30th second exposure, even though you were using a 20mm lens. Your abandoned building shots are brilliant! The blurred train certainly adds another element of interest.

what direction
by Mephisto

Comment by bassbone:
You are the master of these abandoned buildings Christoph. Capturing some kinetic energy in the shot on top of the warmth of the lighting is a nice twist to this series.

control
by Mephisto

Comment by colorcarnival:
Very cool triptych. Love the dark tones and highlights. My fave one is on the left where it seems like he is looking at you.

what direction
by Mephisto

Comment by Mephisto:

Originally posted by Melethia: LOVE the train going by! Excellent control of light. You should note your approach to these - shoot manual? Underexpose? By how much?

i exposed for the foreground and compensated down by half a step to get enough detail in the wall but avoiding blown outs in the bright background.
i shot M at f6.7 and 1/30" and iso100. i thought 1/30 would be long enough to get the train blurred, but i should of decided for a bit longer exposure (though i did'nt have a tripod so 1/20 would've been longest i could manage handheld...). anyways i tested the exposure and then just had to wait like 10 minutes for the next train to pass by :)

thanks for your feedback deb, really appreciate it!

eta: some of the shots in this series are hdr's from 3 exposures -2/0/+2 put together in photomatix, then processed in cs3 (one simple gradient map for b&w, then another gradient map on soft light mode for contrast and warm toning, and at last, if necessary, curves adjusts; no spot editing was done in any of these images)

Message edited by author 2008-04-01 18:46:50.

surrounded by swarms of birds
by Mephisto

Comment by Melethia:
LOL! I was gonna say those are some really indistinct birds!