Entrance

jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
edited April 29, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
This is the main entrance to the SeaWorld complex in San Antonio, Texas. Thank you very much for viewing.

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Nikon D70, Nikon 18-70mm lens set at 18mm, Exposure at ISO 200, f5.6 at 1/1000 of a second, Matrix metering in Aperture Priority Mode, Edited in Lightroom 3 and Silver Efex Pro.
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  • 00SS00SS Registered Users Posts: 730 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Love the BW processing on this Jiro - well done.
    Devin
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    00SS wrote: »
    Love the BW processing on this Jiro - well done.

    Thank you very much, Devin. I guess that 11 layers of adjustment paid well this time. :D
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  • TmetroffTmetroff Registered Users Posts: 92 Big grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Wow this is awesome. Top notch thumb.gif
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Tmetroff wrote: »
    Wow this is awesome. Top notch thumb.gif

    Thank you very much, Sir. :D
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  • Carmelo75Carmelo75 Registered Users Posts: 232 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    AMAZING!clap.gifclapclap.gif

    The contrast between the textures and the sky works perfectly. Very good shot!

    The only small thing that bothers a bit my eyes is the halo on the sky close to the building's outline... but then I know how halos are difficult to remove!

    Very good job in the B&W conversion also.

    Andrea.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Carmelo75 wrote: »
    AMAZING!clap.gifclapclap.gif

    The contrast between the textures and the sky works perfectly. Very good shot!

    The only small thing that bothers a bit my eyes is the halo on the sky close to the building's outline... but then I know how halos are difficult to remove!

    Very good job in the B&W conversion also.

    Andrea.

    Thank you very much for the input, Andrea. I did not notice the halo much, must be my old eyes. :D I will try to work on that later. Thank you very much for viewing. thumb.gif
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Oh my goodness... Coming from one who is in the pursuit of such photos.... This is an extraordinary photo. It looks 3 d and so detailed!
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Eia wrote: »
    Oh my goodness... Coming from one who is in the pursuit of such photos.... This is an extraordinary photo. It looks 3 d and so detailed!

    Thank you very much, Eia. :D
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited April 28, 2011
    Nice detail and great conversion. I didn't notice the halos on first viewing, but yeah, once Andrea pointed it out they were there. Shouldn't be too hard to fix though. Well done.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Nice detail and great conversion. I didn't notice the halos on first viewing, but yeah, once Andrea pointed it out they were there. Shouldn't be too hard to fix though. Well done.

    Thank you very much, Richard. :D
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Beautiful work, brother. I'm curious though. It appears to me that there exists a whole lot of noise in the clouds. Was that intentional, or perhaps a result of other PP procedures?

    And I'm not going to say anything that can confuse you.:D

    Tom
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Beautiful work, brother. I'm curious though. It appears to me that there exists a whole lot of noise in the clouds. Was that intentional, or perhaps a result of other PP procedures?

    And I'm not going to say anything that can confuse you.:D

    Tom

    Thank you as always, Bruddah. :D The right side clouds do actually look darker in the original file and I guess the post-processing must have exaggerated them more than I anticipated. I just finished adjusting this work based on Andrea's and Richard's valuable input and yours, too so here's the final edit. Yes, Tom, a small amount of grain was added intentionally to add more "drama" to the shot. I guess working with only 6MP on the camera has its limits, too. :D Thank you very much for all your input, guys. I am always learning from you all. thumb.gif

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  • senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    The B&W and the people give it a street effect that I like very much. Well done. And even though the halos are pretty distinct once you look for them, if you don't notice them, and a lot of folks won't, they make a super contrast to the top of the entryway and really set it off. If you do tone it down you could try feathering the effect as you get closer to the arches, and leave a subconcious halo.
    Jay
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    senorjax wrote: »
    The B&W and the people give it a street effect that I like very much. Well done. And even though the halos are pretty distinct once you look for them, if you don't notice them, and a lot of folks won't, they make a super contrast to the top of the entryway and really set it off. If you do tone it down you could try feathering the effect as you get closer to the arches, and leave a subconcious halo.

    Thank you very much, Jay. What I did on the edit is that I applied 4 separate layers of curve adjustments based on the eyedropper tool. I sampled a 3 X 3 area on the part of the halo and also on the neighboring areas to see the tonal values based on numbers (the eyedropper tool can do that). From there I selectively adjust the clouds area by area by applying a mask on the curve adjustment layers until I think it balances the whole tone. Hope I did it OK. :D
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  • WernerGWernerG Registered Users Posts: 534 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    I'm not sure how I missed this one this morning but this is a spectacular shot, Jiro. The strong B&W processing really jumps off the screen. Every one of those 6MPs are working hard on this one. Hang it on the wall. Well Done.
    Werner
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    WernerG wrote: »
    I'm not sure how I missed this one this morning but this is a spectacular shot, Jiro. The strong B&W processing really jumps off the screen. Every one of those 6MPs are working hard on this one. Hang it on the wall. Well Done.

    Thank you very much for the warm comment, Werner. I appreciate that coming from you. thumb.gif:D
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Wow .. awesome thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
    Mary
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Wow .. awesome thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif

    Thank you very much, Mary. :D :ivar
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  • Carmelo75Carmelo75 Registered Users Posts: 232 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    jiro wrote: »
    Thank you as always, Bruddah. :D The right side clouds do actually look darker in the original file and I guess the post-processing must have exaggerated them more than I anticipated. I just finished adjusting this work based on Andrea's and Richard's valuable input and yours, too so here's the final edit. Yes, Tom, a small amount of grain was added intentionally to add more "drama" to the shot. I guess working with only 6MP on the camera has its limits, too. :D Thank you very much for all your input, guys. I am always learning from you all. thumb.gif

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    Much better now! Good job. thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif

    Andrea.
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  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    I think I need some instruction on PP...I know more than some people, but it is clear that in looking at your 11(+ another 4) adjustment layers to create this image, I have a lot to learn!

    Excellent framing, too...not sure if it's been mentioned...it looks to me as if the building is "exploding" from the bottom left corner...that leads my eye across the whole building.
    Nice. :)
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    Carmelo75 wrote: »
    Much better now! Good job. thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif

    Andrea.

    Thanks a lot, Andrea. Whoohoo! thumb.gifwings.gif
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    Bend The Light wrote: »
    I think I need some instruction on PP...I know more than some people, but it is clear that in looking at your 11(+ another 4) adjustment layers to create this image, I have a lot to learn!

    Excellent framing, too...not sure if it's been mentioned...it looks to me as if the building is "exploding" from the bottom left corner...that leads my eye across the whole building.
    Nice. :)

    Thank you very much, BTL for such a warm comment. I really appreciate your kind encouragement. thumb.gif:D
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  • nicimarienicimarie Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    Stunning!
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    nicimarie wrote: »
    Stunning!

    Thank you, nicimarie. :D
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  • rbtrbt Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    Nice B&W, I like the tonal range
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited April 29, 2011
    rbt wrote: »
    Nice B&W, I like the tonal range

    Thank you very much for viewing and for the nice comment, rbt. :D
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