Monday, November 2, 2009

Minneapolis Gothic

Gothic Minneapolis

Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse

Monochrome weekly

Posted by Rob at 12:03 AM

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  1. Don and KriseNovember 2, 2009 at 12:05 AM

    I almost expect to see a dragon pop up from behind the building. Amazing shot DL.

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  2. JamesNovember 2, 2009 at 1:03 AM

    The looks really cool. It kind of reminds me of an illustration in an old book.

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  3. JohnNovember 2, 2009 at 1:40 AM

    That style with the fairly massive stone work could also be in the industrial north in England, Manchester or Liverpool.

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  4. Babzy.BNovember 2, 2009 at 1:57 AM

    Wow ,this is impressive , is it the Adam's family home ? :)

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  5. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 6:20 AM

    An imposing pile and sharp as a needle.
    John is quite correct.

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  6. EeyoreNovember 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    That is really neat. Just a little tiny bit of modern in the background.

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  7. Dan J.November 2, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    That is a GREAT photograph with a touch of seriously creepy to it. Is there HDR used here? or is it all just a Monochrome effect? Very cool.

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  8. marleyNovember 2, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Blimey DL! That is dramatic!

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  9. VirginiaNovember 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    Hmmm, is ithis HDR? I don't know much about it but Bob Crowe uses it from time to time. Just curious.
    V

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  10. RobNovember 3, 2009 at 5:47 AM

    Hi V, this is not an HDR image. Using Lightroom, I increase the Recovery, Fill Light, Contrast, Clarity, and Vibrance Sliders to +100%. I also use the Strong Contrast on the curves section and increase the blacks slider to 15 to 25%. Then I back off on the Saturation slider to the negative value; -75 in this photo.

    Next in Lightroom is to use the graduated filter for the sky and decrease the exposure to make the clouds pop out.

    Then I convert the image to grayscale in Lightroom and convert and save this RAW file to JPG. In Elements, I then tweak the shadows, highlights, midtone contrast get the image I'm after.

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  11. Boutique By BonnieNovember 3, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Very cool. The soft clouds really contrast with the sharp detailed stonework.

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  12. CathyNovember 4, 2009 at 5:51 AM

    Love this.. awesome shot..

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  13. AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    Nice but a lot of work ;)

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