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Challenge: Extended Free Study 2016-05 (Extended Editing) Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Lens: Sigma 24mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF Macro for Canon Location: Pattaya Date: May 17, 2016 Aperture: f/3.5 ISO: 6400 Shutter: 1/25 Galleries: Sky, Architecture Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2016
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Another in a series of architectural abstracts partly inspired by Andreas Gursky and partly by the writing of J G Ballard.
The moon was almost exactly overhead and the lines of this image pretty much came together by themselves when framed in the 24mm prime. The offset position of the moon creates a dynamism to the composition that wouldn't have been possible if I'd placed the moon where I originally wanted it, filling more negative space in the sky to the right; of many shots, this was the composition that jumped out the most in the end.
The curves were adjusted to bring just a little more blue to the shadows and just a little more amber to the highlights, amplifying the already cinematic effect of the natural light.
The moon shot was a separate image taken with a much longer lens (400mm with 2x telephoto extension on the 20D's 1.6x crop body), and composited over the real one in value mode, with curves adjusted separately. The billboard, likewise, is composited from another rooftop image taken the same week in Bangkok.
Editing: Compositing, levels, curves, heal to clean up a few sensor hot spots, dodge & burn, resize, sharpen. |
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