Jumping free
by Mephisto

Comment by pineapple:
Nice one indeed. A surreal never-to-be-repeated moment. I'd have been sweating up on that high board.

Jumping free
by Mephisto

Comment by tnun:
Quite wonderful. Can spend a while looking at it. (Downsizing and sharpening perhaps didn't do it any favours - don't mean the blur but the edges of his torso and legs).

Jumping free
by Mephisto

Comment by nixter:
This is a great perspective, and I really like those two wet footprints on the platform. : )

Jumping free
by Mephisto

Comment by posthumous:
brilliant mixture of sports and iconography. I've never seen this, or rather I've seen this many times and never knew I was seeing it until you showed me.

dead
by Mephisto

Comment by WalesP:
What a potent photo. You're right, creepy.

fading
by Mephisto

Comment by WalesP:
What an amazing shot, I really like this a lot. So many avenues but only one takes you to the light. The aging look works great with the building architecture and the peeling walls.

fading
by Mephisto

Comment by Mephisto:

Originally posted by trevytrev: Question, how are you achieving the tone in these shots, what methods? Is it lightroom, PS with due-tone?

at first i basically use the black&white adjustment in phsCS3. i'm trying all the color filters and go with the one i think gives the best gradient, contrast and tones. then i use a gradient map on soft light mode to get the nice warm tint and a nice contrast with dark blacks. after that i did curves adjustment to finally get the perfect contrast. on this one i also did a second curves adjustment with a mask to brighten the dark corridor on the left.
but having all that said, the key to the tones of this shot is the lighting, as the sun was setting, providing that beautiful warm and deep light.

hope that helps :)

tilted outtake
by Mephisto

Comment by h2:
Schade, ich hätte es auch ohne den Schal eingereicht...

fading
by Mephisto

Comment by trevytrev:
Great old building, such a wonder capture of light and shadows, nicely done. Question, how are you achieving the tone in these shots, what methods? Is it lightroom, PS with due-tone?

tilted outtake
by Mephisto

Comment by sonniblumie:
ist doch recht gut geworden... wenn nicht es so zu sagen "genial"! LG karo ;o)