Still Life, Portraits, Urbex
Very moody! I’m sure the building isn’t one, but the photo has the effect of the viewer being dragged against their will up to the doors of the asylum… (I definitely need more sleep!)
Great image!
Thanks, CK! I’m with you on the sleep front, I haven’t slept in over a day. At this point, I’ll be lucky if I don’t end up with the keyboard keys stuck to my forehead in the AM! Thanks for your comment! 🙂
Haha. No worries. 🙂
Oooh Robert that is ridiculously lovely! Great job.
Thank you, Melanie! 🙂
Fantastic composition!
Thank you, Cornelia!
Colores y pespectiva fantástica!!! me encanta!!!
Gracias, Manoli! Me gustó mucho el edificio y el suelo, me alegro de que salió bien!
The talent is obvious!
Thank you, Mehmudah!
Really like the mood you’ve created with this one. And it’s so well composed. Do you know the painter Anselm Kiefer?
Thanks, Richard! Hmm.. I don’t believe I do, but I will check his work out. 🙂
Very moody – love it!
Slightly desaturated? Mono conversion over layed? What’s the trick?!
HDR’d, then stacked & blended with the regular exposed raw. Also desaturated the grass on both sides to match the desaturation that was on the outer edges of the ground. I wanted to draw the eyes to the texture of the wood and as Behrm mentioned below, the nail lines. Then have the eye work it’s way up to the building and the sky. 🙂 Thanks for your kind words, and comment, Noeline! 🙂
Thanks for the explanation 🙂 Great effect.
atmospheric!! How did you do this?
I always hope to be atmospheric, I’m glad this one worked out. 🙂 This was HDR (3 raws, 4 steps) then blended into the normal exposed raw file. I desaturated the grass on both sides of the walkway to match the already worn out sides, and to really make the wooden texture ‘pop’. Thanks for your comment, Sonali!
Thanks for explanation! I have never tried out HDR! Need to one of these days!
WOW! What a great photograph… I am speechless… Thank you dear Robert, have a nice weekend, love, nia
Thank you, Nia! I also hope you had a great weekend! Mine was too short! 🙂
Amazing!
Thank you, Joylene!
WOW!!!!!!!! So ominous looking, great title, fantastic shot Robert.
Thanks Christina!
This entrance way looks very foreboding and the clouds validate that we must be frightened.
Thanks for your comment, Carl!
Stunning-Stunning shot, I love the drama in those clouds, the colors, the composition everything works well together. Congrats !!!
Thank you, Leticia! I was pleased with the final result. I’ve been practicing more and more with HDR. 🙂
Robert,
Gorgeous image, fantastic composition.
Thank you, JBradshaw!
That’s pretty cool! Dramatic darkness.
Cheers, CG!
It’s funny, but it gave me goosebumps too, in a good way. Could be from a very beautifully photographed yet to come horror movie.
Thank you kindly, allmymoons! 🙂
MMMMM. Drohend. Such obsessively straight nail tracks. You have a remarkable eye, Robert.
Thank you, Behrm!! I was hoping someone would mention the nail lines! 🙂
Very atmospheric. I love this one.
Thank you, Alice!
Again, back after a while and boy oh boy, do you have wonders in store! Absolutely fascinating!
Thanks, Face! I hope you are doing well! 🙂
Uh-oh. I think I’m going to end up Like-ing everything you post. =P
Thank you, ishg! 🙂 I really like your blog, you’ve gone to some pretty cool places!
Thanks Robert! Am trying too to reach as many as I can. =)
Love, Love, Love how you processed this 🙂
Thank you, 2 Rivers! I really enjoyed working on it, I hope to get some more taken where I could do this type again. Need lots of good lighting! 🙂
brilliant.
Thank you, Sedge!
Stunning work!
I’ve nominated your blog for the One Lovely Blog Award and the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Have a look at my post here: http://visualnotepad.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/awards/
Thank you Sil, for both your nomination and kind words! I’m running a little behind on the awards, but I will try to get them done by this weekend! 🙂
It’s my pleasure, Robert 🙂 Your blog really deserved them!
This is wonderful!
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Brilliant work by Robert Santafede. Check him out! Love this picture! I can feel the ions in the air…
Brilliant pic! I can feel the ions in the stormy air…
That is gorgeous … where is it?
Wow….absolutely beautiful!
Wow, this is amazing!!
your series of b+w’s is exceptionally good. This one might be my favorite.
This is great. It oozes atmosphere!
Nice capture and processing it has a eerie atmosphere to me
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