Story of a friendship
by Mephisto

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

what direction
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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
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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
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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!

open
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Comment by Melethia:
You definitely need to put a book together. You've got some awesome work here. The detail in this one is marvelous.

what direction
by Mephisto

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

Story of a friendship
by Mephisto

Comment by dssagent88:
Awesome pic. 9.

Jumping free
by Mephisto

Comment by booboo_goon:
His posetur is FANTASTIC!! Brilliant capture, I love how its not entirely sharp too, can only show how fast he must have been! <3