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Four Twenty One

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Four Twenty One

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This image is another from the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk last Saturday. I found this ornate grill above the door to the old Lincoln Bank and Trust building to be very interesting. I processed this image exclusively in Aperture 3 and did not use any plug-ins.

In the image below I processed the same photo as a Black and White version using the red filter option in Aperture 3 which really brought out the details and contrast.

Four Twenty One #2

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Big Four Bridge at Sunrise

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Big Four Bridge at Sunrise

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This is an image from my first ride up in the man lift to shoot from above the Big Four Bridge. I didn’t know how high I could bring myself to let Tim lift us in the air. Ultimately I have been able to ride the man lift to 135 feet in the air which including the height of the bridge above the river means I can say that I’ve been up to 215 feet total above the river.

For this composition I used the bridge members to divide the image into several triangular sections. I processed this image entirely in Aperture 3 without any plug-ins.

Morning On The Ohio River #2

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Cloudy Morning

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I have been trying to catch the sunrise each morning from the Big Four Bridge. Yesterday I arrived at the bridge at the same time that a cold front was moving in from the southwest. The weather forecast was for rain to start by 10:00 am and the sky was very active as the front progressed.  I decided that it might be interesting to shoot the river and the Kennedy Bridge as I watched the clouds build up.

I set up my tripod looking west from the ramp going up to the Big Four Bridge and captured several five exposure bracket sets of the Kennedy Bridge. Back in the studio I opened the morning’s shoot and found this image. I usually try to get several variations of my subject when I shoot as I have learned over time that the best way for me to evaluate a composition is in the studio on the monitor. I chose this image because I liked the way the handrail swept into the frame.

I used all five exposures +2, +1, 0, -1, and -2, which I merged in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2. I used the default preset in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 as my starting point as I started my tone mapping. I liked the way the sky and bridge had turned out but the lawn had acquired an over saturated green tone that was in conflict with the blues and grays of the rest of the image. I dropped a control point into the grass and desaturated it slightly to get it back to what I saw as I shot the scene. I find that these control point adjustments work well when there is a marked difference in the colors in the image where they are applied. In this case the green was so distinct in the image that it worked like a charm.

I returned the merged TIFF image to Aperture 3 where I adjusted the vibrance very slightly and applied some sharpening before exporting it as a jpeg for the web.

“1928”

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Bridge support
“1928”

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This is a detail shot of the top of the bridge pier on the Kentucky end of the Big Four Bridge. I shot this just after sunrise. The shadows are very interesting in that they are creating an optical illusion that the numbers are raised when in reality they are embossed into the concrete.

 

Willie

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Willie

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I chose this image of Willie because of the way that his hardhat covers his eyes. I like the way the figure is illuminated by the early morning sun and the bokeh of the skyline in the background. This is a straight photo with minimal processing in Aperture 3.