Sorry! No Petrol Sales Today :: HDR

Sorry! No Petrol Sales Today :: HDR

Crap Challenge #2

This is my 2nd post for my crap challenge set :)) Yeah rather crappy subject but that's the challenge! ;) Anyhow its fascinating to find an abandoned petrol kiosk out of nowhere. It must have been there since coca cola era cos it looks real vintage & classic to me! :P

View LARGE On Black to see the 'NO PETROL SALES' signage

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About

The abandoned petrol kiosk outside a town in Tasmania

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using Detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to darken the sky

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to tone down all red bits

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (masters) to slightly destaurate the image

Music

Silverchair - Petrol & Chlorine

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