I rarely go back to sites I’ve already been to. Several reasons – 1) I always feel I’m pushing my luck, 2) I try to see as much as I can first time round, and 3) there’s plenty more places to go. However, I was after some easy explores for a college project, so I…
Category: Urban Exploration
#5 – ARCHIVE December 2008: Proper Use of HDR
A quick tour of any of the Urban Exploration groups on Flickr will show you how many explorers murder their pictures in post processing. Sorry, and I’m not trying to blow my own trumpet here, but in my opinion, the best way of using HDR is with a degree of subtlety. This photo of Grove…
#4 – ARCHIVE APRIL 2009: Subtle Applications of HDR
Having visited Ivy Bank Mill once, I somehow felt compelled to return. Given the appalling state of the building, this was arguably a rash decision, but the place had something about it. I also wanted to return with a tripod as I had, in retrospect, unwisely left it in the car on my first visit….
#2 – ARCHIVE MARCH 2008: Selective Colouring
http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/photo2926587.html I’ve been asked a number of times how I created this image, so I thought it was about time to explain. It’s quite easy really – here’s the steps I took in Photoshop CS2. 1) Open the image. This started off as a full colour image. 2) Duplicate the layer (Layer > Duplicate Layer)…
#1 – ARCHIVE JAN 2008: Getting Going Again, and HDR
Getting going again, and HDR March already – and so far in 2008, I’ve done one explore (the Pickle Factory), and had one unsuccessful (site being decommissioned – couldn’t persuade security to let me on site, and there’s no other access. Yet.). Although this is the same tally as this time last year, I’ve struggled…
Mechanical Landscapes 