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Marathon

Abandoned Marathon gas station, somewhere in Detroit, Michigan. Shot October 2008.

This shot was an unfortunate setup; there was a VERY strong mercury vapor light covering this scene, which made it a frustrating shot creatively. Likewise, I could never fully neutralize the colors in the scene to my satisfaction in post-production; the range of tones in the shot just never looked right, no matter how I tweaked the white/color balance. So I decided to simply go B&W, which of course eliminates color issues altogether.

This resulting B&W image is kinda weird too though; it looks like it was run through some kind of texture filter or something, but all I did to this one was to adjust contrast/brightness/exposure a bit, then manually desaturate the image to B&W, adjusting each color range to taste. Personally, I like the final product so I'm posting it.

You should really view it large on black...looks a lot better.

Night, full moon, heavy mercury vapor light.

Taken on: March 15, 2010

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