I've grown to really love this building, and am glad to finally have a reason to photograph it in color and show off the copper roof, which is pretty shades of green during the day but rendered blue here due to the lighting and subsequent camera white balance choice I had to make. My previous views were shot in infrared, then converted to black and white.
I have been holding this photo back for two weeks because it was the leading candidate for our Christmas card picture, but we agreed that a photo I just took on Sunday night is the new winner.
This was only a 'test' version that relies on PhotoShop to partially simulate the look I was after--there's a 10 minute window right after sunset when the sky looks much better than this, so not only do you have to be on location at the right time but also praying to Saint Veronica for partly-cloudy skies.
If Sunday's target hadn't worked, a re-shoot of this would have been needed.
If you're on our card list you'll see the winner soon.
If not, check back here on Christmas Day.
2 comments:
Before I read your comments, I thought to myself that the picture might have had some Photoshop action, only because it just looks so, so wonderful. But for the life of me, I can't figure out what was photoshopped. Great picture!
The sky was lightened.
Thanks!
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