dam - mill

Posted by ordinaryimages (Kentucky Bluegrass, United States) on 28 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

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Comments (10)

Jean-François from Les Issambres, France

tu fais toujours des B&W extraordinaires !!!!!! musique de l'eau ...............

28 Dec 2008 5:29am

Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia

I like your photos cause they present a life I have never seen. Such interesting contrasts between the water and the Mill.

28 Dec 2008 8:21am

@Matt Sutton: thx! on Am3 we see something unique everyday.

k@ from France

Damn mill ! Damn great pic too !

28 Dec 2008 10:48am

Robert from Kingsville, Canada

Nice contrast of old and new with those steel tanks . Do you get all that shadow detail before post work ? and how ?

28 Dec 2008 11:28am

@Robert: thx! yes, the mill was built in 1902 so there's lots of surface patina and mold. The mottled shadow was from the late evening light being filtered through the trees on a hill from behind me. Post processing was minimal twiddling in Lightroom Tone Curves, darkened the Lights and Darks a bit for mood. I shoot +1/3 EV by default i.e. "Expose Right", so the as shot always needs darkening.

A year ago when I was shopping for my first DSLR I ran across Canadian SteveZ. I was intrigued by the "look" of his Canon 5D B/W photos [all his fault : ] so I bought one and have been very pleased. Technical details bore me, but I do believe camera/lense [s] have a signature, so I choose a signature that pleases me...if that makes any sense.