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Post-processing the reflective sculpture images

Post-processing the reflective sculpture images

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Post-processing the reflective sculpture images

- All right, we're back on the computer to take a look at a long exposure. Now I did numerous long exposures throughout my time here in Chicago, and really only one came out the way that I had hoped and even then it's still, I'm a little critical on it so, long exposures is just repetition and kind of hoping for the best in some situations. I do love the way the clouds are moving in this shot, I just would have liked to have slightly longer exposure to get kind of an even streak. But the way the clouds are coming out of the Bean I think is really excellent, so we're going to work this image up. We also notice that the buildings are straight and that's because I used a tilt-shift lens and kept myself level, and then shifted up to get the shot, so that was really crucial. Now, I used a B+W 10-stop neutral density filter, which has a warming cast, and you can see just how warm this image looks, which is not an accurate representation so since I'm in the raw file, I'm going to take the…

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