An old garage door at docklands in Melbourne. I can imagine lots of activity here before WW2. It has been abandoned for a long time.
Started out with just some sharpening and dodging and burning, levels, USM etc...nothing really expert about this it all...
Then I experimented with a layer of texture from an old peeling door I took at the same place and did all sorts of things to that layer which can be seen here and there. I pleayed with the shadow/highlight settings as well as blurring and sharpening. Then added a gradualted layer to give that reddish hue to the top.
What is missing is some feature other than the garage door...a human of some kind. So I added a gull I shot on the same day.
POST: Oh well, the seagull didn't work out. I started at 6.2-6.3 for the first 48 hours and then it sunk like no one's business! Overall I liked the image, but the voters did not, so that's how the cookie crumbles...
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I think if you had put you in here somehow rather than the gull. But then I am a self portrait junkkie I guess. The gull just seems an odd fit. The colors and processing are pretty cool (the blur on the left seems a bit odd). Get on in there next time man - even if you were curled up into a ball lying on your side covered by a newspaper. Hey - maybe thats my next challenge entry right there. I will make sure to wear the derby. Good work Enzo.
This is my favorite type of editing, first excellant choice of a place to shoot, 2nd the editing is right on. Is this like an urban acid type? Great work.
It's dilapidated all right, but the High Definition has smothered all that lovely patina and it's ended up being dreamlike and surreal, and not gritty or harsh at all. The blur also makes it difficult to see what's going on in terms of perspective. I can't make out if the "vehicle wheel" sign is in the distance or part of the wall alongside the red corrugated iron.
amazing image... great colors, contrast, and lighting. i like the bird extending into the border... i think the asymmetric border is a little distracting, but it remains a great image!
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