another take on hamerschlag

this is not an HDR. this is just me experimenting in photoshop this morning with this zoomed in shot of the top of hamerschlag @ cmu. lemme know what ya think.

shot with the new sigma @ 168mm

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Rettop says:

Shawn, this looks very good. In fact first I though that it was an HDR. However, when I look at the larger view I see that clouds are pixilated. Is that true on your monitor too?
I assume you played around with curves to get this effect on the building? Or did you do something else? You can mask away the clouds so and still get the same effect on the building.

Again, the light is great and the details have come out nicely.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

leafy says:

... did u clone out some stuff in the clouds on top? ... i see circles up there ...
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

shawnwall says:

it was mainly a manipulation of the shadows/highlights, then tweaked with levels, saturation, and contrast. and yeah, the clouds got a bit noisy with all the manipulation, but given they were hardly showing up at all in the original take of this, it was necessary.

and leafy, i see those circles now too (now that the sun is shining thru the window behind my display). must be dust on my slr's sensor :(
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

macwagen says:

oooh how do you like the lens? i love my sigma 20mm macro.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

shawnwall says:

i'm still undecided at the moment. the best feature i've found so far is the macro between 200-300, but i can't tell if its my own inability to shoot things correctly or what, but the focus point always seems to be an inch in front of my subject, thus leaving the subject blurred, and it's annoying me. i think i have to just keep tryin it out, but i'm debating selling it and buyin a used canon 70-300 IS i found somewhere.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

nochasingiguanas says:

Although I don't know much about photoshop, I know that I like this image. The green of the door really is what sells it for me.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Nothlit says:

Great photo! What many people don't know is that the top of Hamerschlag is full of antennas for the CMU amateur (ham) radio club. You can see some of them in this picture. The green door is the access from the radio club room onto the roof. There is also a weather monitoring station up there.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

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