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I have been trying to represent each of the eclectic business districts of Louisville in a single image for a couple of weeks now. I tried various angles but each time I wound up with too much pavement in relation to the amount of architecture. While shooting one morning last week I discovered that I could show businesses on both sides of the street by using the reflections of one side of the street in the shop window across the street.
I shot all the images in this post in three shot brackets that I merged in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 and then finished them in Aperture 3. I built a preset in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 that I used on all these shots so that I had a consistent feel to the images. By using the preset I could quickly get the HDR image where I wanted it and then take it back into Aperture 3 for final processing.

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I used the same processing for the rest of these images.

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Nice tip! Thanks Nick…the photographs are beautiful:}
Thanks Karen.
Love this series … I’ll have to give the NIK hdr a try … I haven’t really played with that one yet!!!
I like NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 over everything I have tried. Thanks for the kind words too.
I don’t use NIK or really any post processing but I liked this post of yours because it encourages us to keep at a project until “something occurs to us” or reveals itself. So often we give up on an idea because it doesn’t work right away. Thanks for reminding me that sticking with something is really a winner’s game.
Thanks Kathryn I’m glad you were able to gain something from my post today. Thanks for commenting too it makes what I share more valuable to me.
GORGEOUS photographs!!
Thank you Ellen coming from you that is quite a compliment.
Hey Nick, we are kindred spirits! I love doing this with streets in the Hudson Valley and Catskills as well as parts of Rhode Island. This is great work. Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks Nancy I like that I’m not the only photographer who uses this technique. Thanks for the kind words too.
Good shots! They make a great series.
Thanks Derek for the kind comment.
Nice photos of Louisville! The reflections are great!
Thanks Victoria.
Kudos Nick!
Thanks Lauren glad you like them.
I have long been a fan of reflections, although mine generally are more abstract – but not always. http://www.artographyonline.com/galleries/reflections
SUPERB! very powerful series.
Thanks Caroline I’m glad you like it.
Hey Nick thanks for your post.
I do a different type of work, but I appreciate very much your reminder and I agree with Kathryn about how important is to keep looking, until you SEE…and let the ideas come to us.
in my opinion, you made what otherwise may look boring and tasteless, into something picturesque and almost dreamlike. very cool.
Best, S
Thank you Salvatore you make a good point here.