Friday, January 14, 2011

AT&T Building - HDR Series


So I'm having a blast turning the view from Kiener Plaza into my own "Dark City" world with single image tone mapping.  Next up is the AT&T building, processed in Nik HDR Efex using the "Turquoise Night" preset as a starting point.  Levels and curves were adjusted in Photoshop CS5 and lens correction was applied.  Finally, I added the "CSI Miami" glow in Nik Color Efex Pro.    


The monochrome conversion is courtesy Nik Silver Efex Pro, using a red filter and sepia/blue split tone.


I'm trying a solarized version of each picture in the series.  This is my least favorite of the three, perhaps because the clouds are too harsh.

Technical
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikkor AF 24-85mm f2.8-4 IF
Exposure: ISO 200, 35mm @ f/4.5 @ 1/1600s, Auto WB, RAW
Lighting: Morning daylight
Support: Handheld
Location: Kiener Plaza, St. Louis GPS
Dates: Capture - April 11, 2010, Processed - January 14, 2011
Processing: Lightroom 3.3, Photoshop CS5, Nik HDR Efex, Nik Silver Efex Pro, Nik Color Efex Pro

2 comments:

benjamin gandhi-shepard said...

You're on another roll with this series Preston. Very cool work.

Preston Page Photography said...

Thank so much, Ben. It is a bit hit or miss, but I'm learning quite a bit with these tests. I'm trying to figure out how Helmut Newton was able to transform, say, a beautiful resort into an parallel universe that is moody and menacing. It is much harder than I at first imagined.