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Stone Bench
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Stone Bench

by Michael Cothran

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted June 20, 201452 views3 comments
Centennial Park. Nashville, Tennessee. Centennial Park is the largest municipal park in the Nashville Metro area, and includes, among other things, a full size replica of the Greek Parthenon. A trip to the Music City is incomplete without visiting this marvel.

The image is a focus stack of 4 files, blended with CS6 Auto Blend, Stack mode, converted to b&w. Quite a lot of ground debris-cloning required, some slider movement in LR5, along with use of the Radial tool for contrast between the bench and background.

Hasselblad H4D50
Carl Zeiss CF 60mm/f3.5 lens
Gitzo tripod, Kirk ballhead
ISO 100
1/60 sec @ f8 for each exposure

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Michael Cothran on June 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM
Here's the original unprocessed file, other than the 4-image stacking.
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 20, 2014 at 9:27 PM
Michael - The B&W version you have presented has more appeal than the original for me. I like the conversion an also the whole curve that goes along the diagonal in the frame. Cool work :cool:
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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 24, 2014 at 9:49 AM
Nicely done, the B&W really brings out the lines and textures !
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