cool old trucks at a salvage yard

I photographed these old trucks at a large 16 acre salvage yard Lisa and I went to early this summer. We are holding a photo workshop there on Saturday August 30th.  Come and join us! 

When I came upon these particular trucks I knew that I wanted to get all 5 in a single frame.  To get the composition I liked best I set the tripod (Gitzo- GT3532LS) as high as it would go.  I moved to my right, some, then moved more and moved some more before I could go no further as there was an ugly white car in my way! (To be honest there is no such think as ugly in a car salvage yard!  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder or should I say photographer...)  

I included the sky in one and cropped the sky out in the second pic to create a pano effect.  
Which do you prefer?  
I like them both.  

Specs:  Canon Mark III 24-70mm 2.8L, 200 ISO, White Balance = 'Daylight', I took 6 shots and processed them in Photomatix Pro and edited in PS-CC.  I used the new CC camera filter a lot to reduce highlights and some of the over red / green saturation effect due to the HDR process.  I also used Topaz clarity and Nik Tonal Contrast to bring out the rusty red colors, etc.  Lastly, I just sharpened the trucks and nothing else.  

Enjoy!    
Tom

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A 77 Image panorama of Eastern State Penitentiary

77 Image panorama of Eastern State Penitentiary

After being inspired by Tony Sweet at the recent Triple Header in Hamden CT I had to try out a long hallway at Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) for a panorama.

• -- I took 9 sets of 7 images from the hallway (3 left, 3 right and one head on) at 17mm, my back against the wall and then 2 sets of 7 images inside (21mm) from the doorway. 
• I HDRed the 2 sets of 7 images into two images and then merged them into one. 
• I HDRed the 9 sets of 7 images into 9 images and then merged them into one.
• Then I masked the 14 image composite into the doorway. 
• Then I applied Nik midnight and detail extractor. 

I cannot wait to go back and try again! We are leading a workshop to Eastern State Penitentiary on Sept 21st and we will have the entire place to ourselves before the public arrives. 

Gianna at Grand Central Terminal

Gianna at Grand Central Terminal, see more here

Gianna met us at Grand Central Terminal for a HDR photo shoot, she was wonderful to work with! Flexible mentally and physically. I cannot say enough wonderful things about her!

Gianna at Grand Central Terminal

Gianna at Grand Central Terminal, see more here

Gianna met us at Grand Central Terminal for a HDR photo shoot, she was wonderful to work with! Flexible mentally and physically. I cannot say enough wonderful things about her!

Grand Central Terminal Vertorama

We have been photographing inside Grand Central Terminal lately, with tripods, doing HDR and long exposures and zoom blurs. We also lead workshops there, see more about our workshops and classes here.

There have been some great Grand Central Terminal (Susan Candelario and Jason Hipp) Vertoramas being made lately so I had to try my hand at it. You can see more of my GCT photos here.

This image was created  from 77 photographs. 11 positions, each one with 7 exposures. 

HDR'ed in Photomatix and then stitched in Photoshop. 

The final image was 20 inches wide by 48 inches high.

This next set of  images were created  from 35 photographs. 5 positions, each one with 7 exposures. 

HDR'ed in Photomatix and then stitched in Photoshop.

Grand Central Terminal

We have been photographing inside Grand Central Terminal lately, with tripods, doing HDR and long exposures and zoom blurs. We also lead workshops there, see more about our workshops and classes here.

You can view more of our GCT images here.

Grand Central Terminal

We had a blast at photographing at Grand Central Terminal !!