Ultra Wide Angle SSE

Not sure how I feel about this shot (I have one without the trash can and sign on the right...but I sort of like them included for some reason...yet I think they make it too busy...)

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Interesting angle, Tom. ; The trash can and sign don't bother me much at all. ;

 

Thanks. ; After much thinking, I ultimately determined that I didn't like this shot with the trash can and sign in view. ; It seems like they are just crammed in, for no real compositional reason. ; I like to be more deliberate than that, usually. ; Although it was fairly popular on Flickr, you never can tell whether people genuinely like an image, or if they're just being nice. ; I will have to post the non-trash can & sign version at some point (I should've just edited them together...).

 

Here's two more from my trip in January:

 

^Love that starburst in the second. ; The second is just amazing all over...

 

Thanks Tom!

 

Another:

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Holy Cow, Tom! ; I do love your eye for color, that's for sure!

 

Wow! ; I really like the color in that one. ; Care to tell us how you processed that?

 

^That's a Golden Hour shot, so the sky is "natural" (or natural as the camera sees it) with slightly increased vibrance. ; I went warm with the white balance, which enhanced the colors on SSE. ; Increased the fill light, blacks, contrast, and clarity while decreasing the exposure in ACR. ; Opened in Photoshop and used an adjustment layer to further increase the contrast on SSE. ; Duplicated layer and used Noise Ninja, masking that out on SSE. ; Sharpened using a +1.3 LAB/Feather/USM Action. ; Added a watermark. ; All told, processing took about 10 minutes start to finish. ; If my computer were faster, it likely would've taken 7.

 

Thanks Tom. ; I'll have to give that a try sometime.

 

Me too. ; Right after I get someone to translate that for me.

 

^Where are you getting hung up? ; ACR stands for Adobe Camera Raw, SSE stands for Spaceship Earth. ; The other thing I could see being confusing is the sharpening stuff...I would just ignore that (mostly because I just have all that as pre-programmed Photoshop Actions and I don't remember how to re-explain the steps I used...maybe google the terms I used? ; I've tried all sorts of sharpening for architecture (high pass, unsharp mask, and the LAB/feather/USM is BY FAR the best method I've encountered). ; Let me know if anything else needs clarification.

 

Another UWA SSE Shot:

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Have a great Easter Weekend, everyone!

 

Here's another:

Reflections of (Spaceship) Earth by Tom Bricker (WDWFigment), on Flickr

Click and press "L" to view large!

 

Spaceship Earth's Old Legs by Tom Bricker (WDWFigment), on Flickr

Click it and press "L" to view large (really makes those golden hues on SSE pop!)

 

Nice work Tom! ; Love the composition on the second one.