Vision

Vision, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.

No HDR!! I know so hard to believe since my last 12 out of 18 have been HDR. This really called for a more natural look. It is not that I didn't have bracketed shots, I wanted dark areas, shadows and just the natural lighting that was present that gave this street the awesome lighting and color that was there.
On the previous shot I wrote about moving in and out of the street, you can see this shot was taken from the middle of the street. Really had to keep your ears open for cars, trucks and buses coming from the rear. I don't go out wearing reflectors, or lights and obviously my goal is not to be a speed bump for a semi-truck. But the shot just isn't the same taken from the sidewalk, so work fast, work smart visualize your shot before you set up. Set-up quick take your shots, watch your back.

One other thing, who ever had the Vision to paint this building is a pretty awesome artist. This mural/wall art really takes an industrial section of the city with no beauty or redeeming value besides the commerce it produces and jobs it provides what so ever and gives it an eye catching work of art and I am sure makes everyone who works in the area or drives by some small bit of joy everyday!!

The Shot:
Single Exposure, F/11, ISO 400, 2 Seconds, 24-105L @ 35mm, Tripod and cable release

Post Processing:
>Camera Raw
  >Adjust for Black
  >Remove Preset Sharpening
  >Slight Noise reduction
  >Saved as Tiff and opened into CS-5

CS-5:
>Topaz Adjust-Color and slight brighting of entire image
>Topaz InFocus-Building only
>Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0
  >Pro Contrast-Correct Contrast and Color Balance
  >Bleach Bypass-Darken Street
  >Adjustment Layer-Curves-Increase contrast in Building
  >Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat-Desaturation in Sidewalk on Rt, color cast on street (Masked for specific areas)
  >Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat-Increase in Saturation in artwork on building only (Masked for specific areas)
  >Adjustment Layer-Hue/Sat-Increase in Yellows in Artwork on building and Double yellow line  (Masked for specific areas)
  >Clone Tool used to remove any marks or trash in middle of street
  >Nik Color-Bleach Bypass-Darken road a little more and grunge right side walk (Masked for specific areas)
  >New Layer color Black-Vignette outer edges
  >Sized and Framed for posting