Erik and I went over to the Christian Science Building after a day out of shooting at a Cranberry Pond and got a few shots of Boston and the Christian Science Building/Church.
Both of these shots were taken with a Canon 400D/XTi with a Sigma 10-20. I had a tripod with me, so I worked at f/11 to get a decent depth of field as well as allow for a long exposure (10-15 seconds) to get some interesting texture in the sky.
Since I had exposed to the right, the images came out very bright and boring. I edited them in Lightroom to darken the images, increase the contrast, and bring out the textures in the building. As I have been doing a lot lately with many images, I significantly desaturated the shot to be almost B&W, but not quite. The top image was also edited in CS4 to add contrast into the sky by using a levels layer and a layer mask.
Let me know what you think!
Aaron, nice photos my man! You’ve outdone yourself
Love that flat, warm morning light on the dock and the detail you brought out in the city buildings. A man after my own heart.
Did you ever try Topaz Adjust plug in for photoshop? You can get similar effects with some of their tweaks. They look almost unreal…
No, I haven’t tried it – it looks interesting.