The Bank With No Money

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited September 3, 2007 in Other Cool Shots
Hi folks, I went down town on my way to work looking for something to take a picture of,
but the weather was not so good which is a good thing really cause we so
desperately need the rain :D .

So I walked and looked.... always looking looking... more looking :D
I looked to the left, and looked to the right and ended up on the other side of the street :rofl how bout that hey hehehe :rolleyes

Anyways I ended up at the old National Australia Bank Building.
Behold I give you ........ THE BANK, which is now a Restaurant.

I love my Canon 10-22mm I tell you I love it :lust .... Skippy
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  • Deanna AlkoDeanna Alko Registered Users Posts: 135 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    I really like this angle & composition! clap.gif Inspiring confidence that you could get a good meal there.
    I bet they have one of the largest and safest refrigerator or wine storage areas (vault conversion)

    Oops forgot to ask - Did you use fill flash here?

    Take care,
    - Deanna
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited May 18, 2007
    Love it, Skippy. It's technically great and humorous as well. Well done. thumb.gif

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    A very dramatic composition Skippy -well done!!! clap.gif
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  • fcorin13fcorin13 Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    This is fantastic! I love the colors. Were the clouds for real? They are perfect for this image. Very niCe!
  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Super nice shot Skipster!! thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Would make a nice Travel Brochure shot to prompt Tourist to eat there!
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Great shot skippy! Love that blue sky, did you use a polarizer on the 10-22?
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    headscratch.gifeek7.gifhuh
    Woow
    this is great my head start spinning after looking that very cool
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Nice colour skip.. !!
  • BeachBillBeachBill Registered Users Posts: 1,311 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    That's a WOW shot. Love the perspective and the sky. Amazing. thumb.gif
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  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Hey skippy, this is a super cool shot! The comp, the colors, the clouds, the building, it's great!! Did you run this through photomatix? It looks a bit HDR like.

    Cool image, for sure!thumb.gif
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Great shot Skip! Love the angle and compo! thumb.gif
    10-22 can do a lot if used wisely! deal.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Deanna Alko wrote:
    I really like this angle & composition! clap.gif Inspiring confidence that you could get a good meal there.
    I bet they have one of the largest and safest refrigerator or wine storage areas (vault conversion)

    Oops forgot to ask - Did you use fill flash here?

    Take care,
    - Deanna

    Hi Deanna ... no flash used, actually I've never been inside it since it became a Restaurant, I have a very clear memory of what it was like inside, as I once used to do Banking there many many many moons ago.

    Thats funny about having the safest refrigerator hahaha rolleyes1.gif
    Thanks for looking.... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Love it, Skippy. It's technically great and humorous as well. Well done. thumb.gif

    Cheers,

    Thank you my friend, I was running out of time before I had to be at work.
    I was glad I found something of interest to take a picture of :D
    .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    A very dramatic composition Skippy -well done!!! clap.gif

    Thanks Dalantech, using the 10-22mm is a lot of fun, I have thoroughly enjoyed this lens since purchasing it only a couple of months ago.

    .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    fcorin13 wrote:
    This is fantastic! I love the colors. Were the clouds for real? They are perfect for this image. Very niCe!

    Yes the clouds are real, this is one shot edited 3 times then put together as you do HDR with PhotoMatix Pro.

    After the program merges the three images into ONE,
    I then edit it some more in PhotoShop.

    Thanks for looking....... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    GraphyFotoz wrote:
    Super nice shot Skipster!! thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Would make a nice Travel Brochure shot to prompt Tourist to eat there!

    Thanks Jim, that buildings face is directly on a corner of two streets,
    so the entry is not really in either street, its smack bang on the corner.

    Thanks for looking Jim....... Skippy :D
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    ChrisJ wrote:
    Great shot skippy! Love that blue sky, did you use a polarizer on the 10-22?

    Hi Chris, no filters, no flash.
    What I did was take one shot.
    In photoshot I edited the shot THREE Times, by changing the Exposure Value.

    So I had one at -1 one at 0 and one at +1.
    Then I put all three images into PhotoMatix Pro which merged them all together as I image.

    I manipulated it within PhotoMatix Pro, enhancing the colour etc.
    After that I saved it, then loaded it into PhotoShop where I edited it some more.

    The colours in the image are heavily saturated the sky should not be that colour its just a normal light blue.

    The post processing probably makes you think I used a filter, but I didn't.

    Hope this helps explain how I did it Chris :D .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    headscratch.gifeek7.gifhuh
    Woow
    this is great my head start spinning after looking that very cool


    Thank you Awais, I am pretty sure it's only a two story building :D
    Glad you like it thumb.gif .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    gus wrote:
    Nice colour skip.. !!

    Thanks Gus, it turned out better than I thought it would :D
    .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    BeachBill wrote:
    That's a WOW shot. Love the perspective and the sky. Amazing. thumb.gif

    Thank you, well we are having really weird weather here,
    quite a bit of rain, but not enough to break the drought,
    its hot and cold and raining and plants are starting to come out that shouldn't be as we are about to go into Winter, but the plants think its spring.

    I can see my fruit trees are starting to bud, and they shouldn't be.

    Sky was almost like a smoke effect I guess you'd say :D
    The Canon 10-22mm is excellent for shooting tall buildings.

    ...... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Phyxius wrote:
    Hey skippy, this is a super cool shot! The comp, the colors, the clouds, the building, it's great!! Did you run this through photomatix? It looks a bit HDR like.

    Cool image, for sure!thumb.gif

    Yep its a PhotoMatix Image, but it's only ONE shot edited THREE times.
    After that I put it back into PhotoShop and edit it some more :D

    Thanks for commenting Christina :D .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    GREAPER wrote:
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    Thanks Greaper, the place I wanted to photograph was surrounded by a cyclone fence so there must be some construction work going on.

    The Bank was on the way to where I was headed :D ..... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Great shot Skip! Love the angle and compo! thumb.gif
    10-22 can do a lot if used wisely! deal.gif

    Thanks Nikolai, the Canon 10-22m is indeed a wonderful lens to play around with, its incrediably sharp, and light too :D .... Skippy
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  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Really a nice shot, everything I wanted to say about it has already been said, I just agree with it all.........I like it a lot!
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    Wow, that's super dramatic, Skippy!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    wally5656 wrote:
    Really a nice shot, everything I wanted to say about it has already been said, I just agree with it all.........I like it a lot!

    Awwwwww thank you Wally :D I forgot to add that I did remove a wire and something else that I have no clue what it was from the very rim and top of the building post processing.

    Glad you liked it :D .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2007
    wxwax wrote:
    Wow, that's super dramatic, Skippy!

    Thanks Sid, it's sort of a HDR, only its ONE Photo edited 3 Times.
    Marc Meunch told me it could be done with 3 :D

    Glad you liked it Sid :D .... Skippy
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  • SerratorSerrator Registered Users Posts: 227 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Skippy, this is really a nice shot and retouch! The angle at which you took this has greatly increased the sense of scale...it has a Gothum city feel to it to me...right out of a superhero comic book. Awesome work!!clap.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2007
    Serrator wrote:
    Skippy, this is really a nice shot and retouch! The angle at which you took this has greatly increased the sense of scale...it has a Gothum city feel to it to me...right out of a superhero comic book. Awesome work!!clap.gif

    Thank you Serrator :D I need to go to Melbourne for a day trip find buildings higher than 2 Story, where I live there are no huge buildings.

    Thank you for your very kind words *blush*blush* .... Skippy
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