I was relieved to find out that Denver drivers respect photographers who decide to set up tripods in the middle of the road. I tried various approaches to this image, but the one that really worked happened to be from the middle lane of the street. I was quick, and the drivers were courteous allowing me to come away with this image unscathed. Actually, it was a pretty lazy Saturday afternoon and I felt like I was in a Zombie movie. There weren’t too many folks out and about. I am guessing they were all at home captivated by Butler.
I am debating if I should have cropped out more of the sky? I decided to leave it in my composition because of the interest the clouds offered. That, and I didn’t want to push my luck with texting drivers. Let me know if you think the image would have benefited from less sky.
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Capture Notes:
Nikon D300
Nikkor 16-85 VRII
Gitzo Traveler
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Processing Notes:
Capture (9 images @ 1ev)
NX2 (Raw -> TIFF conversion)
Photomatix (HDR/Tonemapping)
Noiseware (Noise reduction weak noise preset)
Photoshop (Curves adjustment)
NIK Color Efex Pro (Tonal Contrast selective to church)
Photoshop (Curves selective to sky)
Photoshop (Size for web)
LightAsMagic.com
Songs For Post Processing: If you missed the April playlist you can find it here. I couldn’t wait until May to introduce the band Midlake. They are a fresh addition to my iTunes library. I hope you like them too.
Fabulous just the way it is. :)
Thanks much Morgana! I appreciate it.
Hmm….
This is a tuff one. If you crop the sky you lose the juicy perspective on the church. I think it wouldn’t work as well. This problem I believe is partly related to the pov and the 16mm focal length.
I like it just the way it is!
Only other thought would be to finish in Silver Efx and see what a b&w approach would do…you could then punch up the contrast in the sky and augment the lines in the image rather than the color. Just a thought.
Adios – Jeff
I like that idea Jeff. I think I will take a B&W approach to it so see what happens. I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks as always Jeff for the thoughts.
Great image! I love it the way it is. Yes to sky and love the golden sunshine on the church contrasting the rest of the blue components in the image. Perfect for me.
Thanks Jeffery. I am a big fan of those tones and colors. If it wasn’t for my wife talking sense into me, I would paint everything beige and a light sky blue.