Urbex :: Siam. Project: HDR and Tone Mapping. Above: Nikon D5100 with 18-55mm lens.
This image was created by converting the file into three separate exposure values before exporting to Photomatix HDR software, for exposure fusion and tone mapping. Further processing was done using Photoshop. I've saved a selection of the best High Dynamic Range (HDR) 'tone mapping' images at my Flickr favorites.
They're about the best examples, with respects to processing skill, photographic subject and composition, that I've personally found in the genre. Most of the photographers represented there show a large body of professional work that's worth exploring a little further. My Tone Mapping Process: My current production method, also-known-as, "Unsharp Masking": using a standard image editing package with .jpeg image format. It's a little like chemistry: you've got to believe in the photographs ability to produce results using this method.
Yes, there's software that produces good quality results, relatively easily. Urban Decay & Urban Exploration - Bangkok. Having spent the past five years in Asia my photographic subjects have been wide and varied.
From abandoned buildings, market places, urban upheaval in China, to the rural landscapes of the Pearl River Delta. Now living in Thailand, I have begun to embrace a totally new style of photography: My most recent project looks at Urban Decay in Thailand, and specifically Pattaya and Bangkok. Urban Exploration Resource. We're Lost and Everything is Dirty. Access All Areas. Infilspeak Dictionary. Infilspeak Dictionary This is a guide to some of the technical or obscure terms related to the hobby of infiltration.
We don't use code language or jargon to exclude anyone, but because it's a specialized hobby we've had to adopt or invent some specialized terms. Thanks to FiL for much of the draining vocabulary. If you think an oft-used term is missing, please let me know. abseil <German> v. rappel; see rappelback breaker adj. long, low tunnel in a drainball buster adj. round concrete pipe drain with wide section of waterBASE jump v. leap from buildings, antennae, spans (bridges and trams) or earth (cliffs); not really infiltrating, but some infiltrators feel solidarity with base jumpersbuildering n. Urban Atrophy. Beauty of Decay. Talk Urbex … Post apocalyptic photography, Midnight-Digital, Jan 2011 : Talk Urbex. Its sophos9 taking the helm in Januaries guest of the month.
This months guest has a very unique style of image processing, its post apocalyptic feel has gained massive following and notoriety. The unique style is a personal favourite of mine so enough of me, lets get straight over to the main event. Let me introduce January 2011′s special guest, midnight-digital… 1) We have seen lots of your work and that featured in Beauty in Decay. Can you tell us a bit about yourself (occupation etc) Well I live in the south of France, at 2 hours by drive from Barcelona, on the mediterrean side. 2) Your artwork is unique and post apocalyptic – where do you get your inspiration from?
My main inspiration come from the cinema and from the 80′s “Heavy Metal” (remember the old magazine) graphic novel style. Letterboxing. Atlas Quest: A Letterboxing Community. WebUrbanist. American Urbex. Survival Straps. Opacity.