the stair"case"

spako · Jan 20, 2009

this weekend was my first urbex trip with my new camera... unfortunatley the weather was really bad and there was very little light around.. so I only got one shot I like...

hope you like it too...

http://www.spako.lu

jaharris1001 · Jan 20, 2009

yes,,, I like it,, I like it alot,, very cool location, nice light and love the textures,, very cool,, the subject on the stairs with a slight movement adds some interest there too IMO,, very nice compositon

93rdcurrent · Jan 20, 2009

Excellent showing of urban decay! Is this HDR? It is kinda hard to tell for sure. I like the contrasts and lighting. I also like the movement of the subjects.

stsinner · Jan 20, 2009

Very nice! Awesome old place. Looks palatial.

Josh66 · Jan 20, 2009

I love it!

:thumbup::thumbup:

Al-Wazeer · Jan 20, 2009

nice shot!

invisible · Jan 20, 2009

...and spako is baaaack!

Really like this one, with the added value that you achieved great results with less post-processing than usual. Or at least less conspicuous post-processing.

jv17 · Jan 20, 2009

this picture can be used in twilight

tylin · Jan 20, 2009

I love this

Absolutely amazing!

Antarctican · Jan 20, 2009

A real jaw-dropper! The processing really brings out the grittiness of the scene. I really love this one.

Roger · Jan 21, 2009

excellent shot, the person fits well with the scene....how do you like the Leica?

spako · Jan 21, 2009

LOL!! what Leica ;-) I got a Canon 5DMKII ;-) no Leica anywhere ahead for me.. I already am quite a bit embarrassed that I spend so much money on a camera.. but I'll try to put it to good use

I actually postprocessed the shot a bit, it's and HDR of several shots and I included myself with layers + masks...

But I'll try to get my postprocessing better, which in my opinion can only be achieved if you couldnt immediately tell that it was heavily photoshopped.. I've way to go I guess ;-)

thank you for the comments!

jaharris1001 · Jan 21, 2009

Spako,, I just went to your link and looked at some of your stuff, I'm really impressed,, you have some VERY cool subject matter on there, love some of your industrial shots and crypt shots are amazing !! You do have a certain style of your own,, very nice touch with the PP,, can I ask if there is a certain software that you start with ? Beautifull landscapes too,, I'm envious about those :mrgreen: I live in Florida and there is nothing as exciting as that around here, great stuff man,, keep up the good work :thumbup:

spako · Jan 21, 2009

Thank you jaharris1001! I appreciate you took the time to visitmy site

I actually use mostly Photoshop and for the HDR I go with Photomatix. I use the standard setting in Photomatix and take the resulting image to photoshop and do some postprocessing there to get a certain look and feel to the images... no batch processing or actions .. I just try until I like what I get ;-)

about the landscapes... well I'm not really living in the most exciting part of the world either .. luxembourg is really not interesting to me.. I would love to see Florida ;-) most landscape shots on my site were taken during my holidays ;-)