Trapped

Here's a twist on the standard Landscape shots.


Original : Jpg conversion from Raw

I spent two days cooped in a room at Holiday Villa in Ampang. This scene right out of the window made a mockery out of the whole situation ... in the pursuit of 'career advancement', we give up the simple and extrodinary things in life. Just out the window, the whole wide world, welcoming, open and free. Inside, stiffling, droning ... tell me something that I dun already know!


100% Crop: Here's a crop from the finished photo. Shot thru colored glass, using the EF 20-35, its not bad in terms of details.







Trapped : A Twist on the Ordinary.

The finished photo, with the colors, contrast, the lines and asymetry, I hope conveys the extrodinary in everyday things. Futher, the different colored glass on the window adds variety to the scene, which also says, sometimes, we can look at the same thing and gives it different meaning. And

Contrast the OUTSIDE to what's inside ... its just black. To the eyes, we still see some colors on the inside as we 'see' what we want to see, but to the camera and for all objectivity, its just bland and black. Life's quite the short story to be penned indoors.
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Shooting Information:5D Mk II
Evaluative, +1/3 ev
EF20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 25mm
1/200, f/4.0 @ ISO200 D+

Photo is finished in LR 2.4, sky portion given a slight reduction in exposure and brightness using Adjustment Brush.

Overall brightness, vibrance and clarity given a slight boost, about 50%.



PS: I probably have to learn how to do masking better, there's a noticeble halo around the buildings. It could also be due to 'size reduction' from the full res 5DMKII file. I'm still trying to find out. Using 'Bicubic Smooter' produces much better results than 'Bicubic / Bucubic Sharper' in reducing the 'halo'. Its horses for courses, the usual downsampling recommendation is 'B Sharper', but in this case, too noticeble 'halo'.


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