Archive 2008 · "The Truck Stops Here"

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Abandoned truck at sunset in the "ghost town" of Nelson, NV

Hello everybody. Here is the info on this shot:

5D
17-40 L @ F/4
ISO 400
Handheld
circular polarizer

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/2530747778_3768cb17a4_b.jpg

Processing was: Converted from raw in Lightroom. - Used some shadow recovery and added more vignetting to balance out the polarizer shadow. - In CS2, I used the Tri-X 400 filter from Alien Skin's "Exposure 2" to convert to B&W... then some touch-up for dust spots, and finally added some contrast via USM..

thanks for looking, and any C+C is much appreciated.

-Mac

May 29, 2008 at 01:47 PM

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p.1 #2 · "The Truck Stops Here"

I like the composition and treatment.
where is Nelson?
regards, tom

May 29, 2008 at 04:36 PM

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p.1 #3 · "The Truck Stops Here"

Great conversion Mac - might be over the top for some, but I love it. The truck has an almost 3d effect to it as well, very cool.

Good stuff.

May 29, 2008 at 08:17 PM

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p.1 #4 · "The Truck Stops Here"

I like it, great conversion. I'm just not too sure about the vignetting in the upper left.

Terry

May 29, 2008 at 10:48 PM

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p.1 #5 · "The Truck Stops Here"

I would like to see it with less noise but the detail and depth of this photo gives it a great feel, like you could reach out and touch it.

May 31, 2008 at 03:28 AM

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p.1 #6 · "The Truck Stops Here"

tomandmarj wrote:
I like the composition and treatment.
where is Nelson?
regards, tom

Hi, Tom

Thank you.

Nelson is just a little bit southeast of Las Vegas, close to the Colorado river

Jun 01, 2008 at 02:17 AM

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p.1 #7 · "The Truck Stops Here"

PaulC wrote:
Great conversion Mac - might be over the top for some, but I love it. The truck has an almost 3d effect to it as well, very cool.

Good stuff.

Thanks, Paul.
I usually don't go this far with the processing, but for some reason, I felt it worked with this one... I know what you mean about the 3D look.. I am very happy I shot at F4 with this one and that's probably why it stands out so much... unfortunately, I have a habit of always shooting at F16 for stuff like this and I usually miss out on that effect...

Jun 01, 2008 at 03:24 AM

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Quickeye wrote:
I like it, great conversion. I'm just not too sure about the vignetting in the upper left.

Terry

Thanks, Terry.

As far as the vignetting goes, that was just an expansion on the vignetting that was there out-of-camera... I pushed it a little more so that it would blend with the polarizer shadow... the sun was going down right there on the horizon and that's the reason for the hot area...

All in all, I'm pretty happy with the conversion...

Jun 01, 2008 at 03:28 AM

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p.1 #9 · "The Truck Stops Here"

Tyrel Manley wrote:
I would like to see it with less noise but the detail and depth of this photo gives it a great feel, like you could reach out and touch it.

Thank you, Tyrel...

I actually like the noise in this particular shot.. kinda reminds me of film grain...

Jun 01, 2008 at 03:29 AM

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p.1 #10 · "The Truck Stops Here"

I like the harsh light and contrast and the processing and the grain, definitely worth exploring.

Jun 02, 2008 at 07:27 AM

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p.1 #11 · "The Truck Stops Here"

That thing is abandoned? It's worth a fortune. Love the shot Mac. Good processing, thanks for sharing.

Jun 05, 2008 at 08:15 PM


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