These arrived last weekend. I won't have time to use any of it for a few more weeks due to a crazy work schedule right now, but it's still fun to have sitting on my desk!
Activatedfx wrote:
These arrived last weekend. I won't have time to use any of it for a few more weeks due to a crazy work schedule right now, but it's still fun to have sitting on my desk!
I've been staring at a print of this and decided it might be made better. Shot this somewhere in eastern Washington on a road trip coming west from Bozeman somewhere around '91. Tried to find it on Google Earth but so far no luck. This was originally shot on Velvia but was kinda boring. Came alive in black and white with some masking for the sky. There was a small amount of keystone correction as this was likely shot on a Nikon 24mm 2.8, which, in retrospect, was a pretty mediocre lens.
Anders - Nothing is ever straight. First there is the B&W Adj. Layer, then a Path around the horizon and the structures to separate the sky to treat that on its own. The main tower in front was a little wonky compared to the rest so floated that to a new layer and corrected it then a lot of little dabs here and there with adjustment layers, lighting and darkening, a very soft vignette darkening the outside edges and corners, a final curve on top of it all for a bit of pop and lastly, a selectively applied low amount, high radius USM (amt 20, radius 85, threshold 0) mostly applied to everything below the horizon for a final bit of midtone contrast enhancement.
A little more research and a phone call brought be to Dayton, Washington. The guy I spoke with on the phone knew exactly what grain elevator I was referring to even before he had seen a photo. This Google Earth view contradicts my own memory of what side of the road I was on coming into Dayton and seeing this, but our memories often filter out the unnecessary and just retain the basic important facts. Anyhow, it's interesting to see that the same basic structures are still there and even though Columbia Growers has merged with Northwest Growers, the old signage on the silos remains. Too expensive to repaint.
