highmark building

Photography \ Architecture | 12/21/06 @270 | jasonworx | critiques (10) | views (451)

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View along Fifth Avenue, north to Fifth Avenue Place, also known as "the Highmark Building" in Pittsburgh, PA.

5:57AM December 20, 2006
vertical composite of two landscape exposures, cropped to final aspect. Barrel distortion/perspective shift removal, converted to b&w, levels, contrast burn & dodge in PSCS2.

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Comments (10)

painfulneck

12/21/06 @550

great shot again dude..keep it coming - btw this image reminds me of the movie kingkong LOL

rafomundo

12/21/06 @902

Very good!!
The frame is excellent!!
Great idea and execution!

cupcake

12/21/06 @927

Very Good
A striking B&W.

+10

anastasia

12/22/06 @465

Good work Jason. I only would prefer a bit more contrast in black areas.
Nice building!

Madanapale

12/22/06 @607

Beautiful gray zones!....great details.....well done!
Carlos

jasonworx

12/24/06 @240

Thanks Anastasia, the only problem with the suggestion is that this was taken at 5:57 AM. The image is properly exposed for the overall range, without risking overexposure of some of the brightest critical areas. The only way I can think of to gain any more contrast in the black windows to the left side of the buidling would be to sandwich multiple expsoures or to create an HDR image of the scene. Merry Christmas! - jason

blackshad

12/24/06 @512

nice picture
lacking some punch but its more of a subjet thing, not your fault
where is Almost human, i cant see him on top?
HEY BRIAN get up there lol

good work jason

Traff

01/01/07 @042

Oh man – the top 7/8ths of this look like it’s from a 1950’s B-Movie, dramatic lighting and dynamic perspective. Only the McDonalds sign and vehicle at ground level betray that it is from a more recent dateline. I still half expect to see King Kong or Godzilla emerging from behind the top of the building… Great tonal contrasts. Well done.

jasonworx

01/01/07 @986

Thanks for your review Phill! That' a great way to describe my fascination with this scene - it looked "ultra-modern 1930's" to me and I decided not to clone out the McDonalds sign or wait for the Cherokee to drive off, just to "ground" the image in the present. Thank you for taking the time to review my work. Happy New Year! - jason

dakoo

01/07/07 @290

High contrast work really well !! A bit more of the windows could be gr8 BUT i find it perfect as it is !! I think this is a gr8 architecture shot !!!
Jason man U sure r an early riser man !! Most of ur shots r taken so early in the morning !!

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