Dining decay

[richard.beatson]

This dining hall was damaged by a major fire in April and work is underway to restore the listed building to its former glory.

This photo was taken yesterday in the Dining Hall in the early afternoon.

I used the Lab Colour method to convert the original image to black and white. I then pasted the original over the top and changed the layer type to overlay and set the opacity at 100% to give it a rather darker feel. It has resulted in the windows becoming burned out though. I do like how the light falls away suddenly as you get closer to the camera.



You can see the original image (straight out of the camera) here

I'm wondering about the crop. Should it be cropped tighter? Perhaps I should have brushed out the light object in the foreground. What about the windows...? Does it bother you that they're burned out? What about the crop on the ceiling joists so that they shoot off the picture rather than stop short?

Thanks for looking.

Exif data:

Model - NIKON D90
ExposureTime - 1/1.3 seconds
FNumber - 3.50
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
LightSource - Fine weather
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 18 mm
White Balance - SUNNY (I used this white balance setting by mistake but I think it works well. I had been outside taking site photos and had forgotten to change it.)
Focus Mode - AF-A

[Vivarant]

I'm no expert but i know what i like and this is it! in my humble opinion this is a dramatic work of art. very nice post processing. i'd love to see the origninal to compare.

out of curiosity why did you choose sunny whitebalance?

[windrider86]

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[richard.beatson]

I've edited the post. I hope it now complies with the guidelines :-)

To answer Vivarant's question, my job includes undertaking site inspections of construction work. I had been outside taking progress photos in the bright sun so had set the white balance accordingly. I forgot to change it to something more suitable. However, I do believe it works for this shot.