Release the Hounds

Release the Hounds, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.

The plan was to shoot from the otherside of the gate and get the gate and downtown LA skyline. Well we decided to enter the park and shoot the skyline from a better vantage point which is the previous post. But while the camera was doing it's 20-30 second exposure it does give you time to look around and look for other comps. This shot was way to nice to miss. What caught my eye is the way the street lights shadowed the gate on the ground. The gate was a little more open than this so I did close them a tad bit to add what I thought to be a more dramatic look.

This is an HDR.

Post Processing:
>Standard HDR Shot -2,0,+2.
>Photomatix-Detail Enhancer
>Photoshop CS-5
>Color Efex Pro-Pro Contrast, Tonal Contrast
>Adjustment Layer-Shadow/Highlight-Bring out stonework even more
>Topaz InFocus
>Noise Ninja-Sky only
>Color Efex Pro-Midnight Filter-Masked and Gradient to minimize filter upper photo.