Wednesday, December 29, 2010

End Of The Path, Valley Park Trail


Piled at the end of a path along the Meramec River sits this precarious stack of large concrete blocks.  The scale isn't evident here, but they are large enough to require a crane to move them.  Curiously, they don't seem to match any structures nearby.  This monochrome was created in Nik Silver Efex pro, applying a sharp blue filter.


The color picture upon which the comes from five one stop brackets merged in Nik HDR Efex Pro, followed by levels adjustments in Photoshop CS5 and finally cropped in Lightroom 3.3.

Technical
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
Exposure: ISO 200, f/16 @ 1/80s, Auto WB, RAW
Lighting: Late afternoon daylight and shade
Support: Gitzo Basalt Tripod, Acratech GP head, Really Right Stuff L-bracket
Location: Valley Park River Trail GPS
Dates: Capture - October 10, 2010, Processed - December 29, 2010
Processing: Lightroom 3.3, Photoshop CS5, Nik HDR Efex, Nik Silver Efex Pro, Nik Color Efex Pro

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