HDR Railroad Tracks - Plus B&W

redleash

I went out for some "urban exploration" on the east side of San Antonio this morning. I haven't been happy with any of my shots during my last few outings, so I thought I'd try some "manmade" subjects for a change. Will post more later, but for now, here's one shot in two versions. It's a 3-exposure HDR, tonemapped in Photomatix and then tweaked in Photoshop. Also decided to try a B&W conversion after the HDR conversion--I used the yellow B&W filter in PS.

I'd never been on this bridge before, and the train showed up just as I was walking up from my car. I shot some of the train and then took this one after it passed.

Looking for comments.

Thanks,
Lauren

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dseidman

Hey Lauren,
I like the second one a lot. However, I think it could use just a touch more contrast.