TimKilbride
FollowThis building is now retired. The new modern courthouse just doesn't even come close to the style and character of the original....
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This building is now retired. The new modern courthouse just doesn't even come close to the style and character of the original.
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thelearningcurve
June 12, 2017
What are you talking about Tim that you need to learn how to do B&W??!?!? This is awesome. Great work!!
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Location
This was taken at the Old Pima County Courthouse, in Downtown Tucson, AZ This building is so much more visibly interesting than the new county courthouse.Time
The day was sunny and the time was right around 11am. Not the best time to shoot buildings downtown from the outside, so I went looking for something of interest where the light wasn't too harsh. I had no idea then, just how picturesque this old county building is.Lighting
Because the sun was almost straight overhead the light just reflectively bounced evenly between the pillars. This gives the portico a soft welcoming light while achieving sharp focus on the detailsEquipment
I captured this shot on my Canon 5D Mark ll with a Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS lens at F22. This was mounted on a Manfroto carbon fiber tripod with a gear head, head. I bracketed this scene with 3 images one and a 3rd stops apart to later merge the three images to process it through a NIK plug in called HDR Efex Pro 2.Inspiration
The Pima County Courthouse is very stately and begs to be photographed from many angles. I wanted to capture detail as well as wide angle photographs. I was able to climb a set of stairs at one end of the receding archway. That allowed me to keep the lens level avoiding any parallaxing or tilting of the columns. The tripod needed to be placed on two different sets of stairs to acquire a stable, level platform.Editing
I used a NIK plug in called HDR Efex Pro 2. in an old Apple program called Aperture. That's where I can make subtle changes to the overall blend of images.In my camera bag
Canon 5D Mark ll, 24-105 f4L IS lens, a second Canon 70D crop sensor-ed body with my 70-200 f2.8L lens. A 2X doubler, A Hoodman Crane loop for sharp detailed focus. A Manfroto pro carbon fiber tripod topped with a gear head 3 dimensional axis head. Some days I travel with an old Canon 550 EX flash for taming shadows.Feedback
Best advice I can throw out there is use a tripod as often is practical and always look around after you have captured your target scene, and try to better tell the story with close-up details where possible.