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Brooklyn Roundhouse - in Sepia

Brooklyn Roundhouse - in Sepia by SmilingMonk.
I was a little concerned about how simple, clean textures would render in this technique. I shouldn't have worried. Even the early diesel electrics that sit outside came out beautifully.

I feel funny saying this, but it seems as if I'm on the edge of finally having something to show for my 40+ years of effort. These more closely express what and how I feel about old heavy machinery than any photographic approach I've ever taken up to this point.

After thinking about this for awhile, the analog traditional photographic approach to creating the images in this series would be some thing like... light controlled solarization... micro contrast masks... unsharp masks... cold tone paper... sepia toning... followed by a dash of selenium toning. All this would have taken me a month working on a single image.

Now? Well... you see the results here...

Note: This was published in LensWork Extended #78. If you would like an archival print for $25USD, please drop me a line. I would love to share this image with you. The prints are gorgeous, if I may say so myself. 

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Sheila in Millstone  Pro User  says:

beautiful shot
like the sepia too


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shetha  Pro User  says:

Awww my true train love -- the SP&S 700 is lurking in the back there. Some day I will see that on the turntable -- THAT would be cool. Nicely tuned HDR. I'm so happy to hear the analogic equivalent to what you've done. It's very interesting and certainly puts things in perspective...
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gimuffa says:

最高〜ッス。(^^)
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edbrambley  Pro User  says:

Beautiful! I really like the old-fashioned look this has. The tonemapped b&w is really stunning! It's a great style you have.
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BAS aka An Sophie & Bart  Pro User  says:

Really bold and beautifull, like all the other train pictures.
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axiepics  Pro User  says:

I saw this wonderful photo in the your preferred picture group.
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Zepequeno says:

fantastic! very beatiful!
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prdsra says:

Very fine
I saw this wonderful photo in the your preferred picture group.
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Carolina Willow  Pro User  says:




Awesome!
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