Photographer’s Notes I like cityscapes. I like shooting buildings: Houses; Office Buildings; Stadiums; Anything really. And there’s a pair of office/condo towers in Bellevue (Seattle Suburb) that has intrigued me since they were finished a year or so ago. They have an interesting design with interesting lines. They are of the glass & steel school and nicely reflect whatever is going on in the sky and the buildings around them.
So yesterday I drove to Bellevue with the objective of shooting the buildings. This involved walking around about a square mile of city surrounding the towers, in the cold and the rain, looking at different angles, backgrounds, weather and such. I got a number of photos I liked.
But I recognize not everyone here shares my interest in buildings. So I needed to make something interesting out of them. In this case I rotated the building (actually the photo of the building – no occupants were harmed in the maneuver) 90 degrees clockwise and cropped it close. All the rest is pretty standard layers work.
My wife and I saw Tron Legacy on Christmas day, which is a visually stunning movie btw although a bit thin in the plot department, and this reminded me a little of the Grid. I'm probably reaching a bit here. The title is a reference to the 1974 movie of the same name starring Warren Beaty and Paula Prentiss.
This was fun. Maybe it's just unusual enough to stop the speed voters for a second or two while they try to figure it out. Hope you like the results.
Post Processing • Create HDR from 7 Originals (Photomatix)
• Tone map (Photomatix)
• Correct Lens Distortion (PSCS5 Lens Correction Filter)
• Darken (PSCS5 Curves Layer)
• Color Correct (PSCS5 Curves layer – Auto)
• Contrast (PSCS5 Curves Layer)
Did I mention I like Curves
• Boost Colors (PSCS5 Vibrance Layer)
• More Contrast (PSCS5 Curves layer)
• Resize (Genuine Fractals)
• Crop (PSCS5 Crop Tool)
• Sharpen (PSCS5 USM)
• Remove “Jaggies” (PSCS5 Masked Blur Layer)
• Border (PSCS5 Select & Stroke)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)
Camera Data • Date: 2010-12-27
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
• ISO: 400
• Aperture: f/10
• Shutter: Various
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