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The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan

The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan
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5 Comments |
adavies PRO+
 
adavies January 10, 2017
Great image...nicely captured! Love the mono! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Pure Michigan! challenge:)
https:// viewbug.com/challenge/pure-michigan-photo-challenge-by-adavies
BradPetersPhotography
 
BradPetersPhotography August 31, 2018
Brilliant photo!
martinrosenkranz
martinrosenkranz September 01, 2018
Thanks! Glad youlike it!
nornots Ultimate
 
nornots September 04, 2018
Only in the D
Kazarine_Photo
 
Kazarine_Photo November 13, 2020
Yes! Detroit
flyguy1
 
flyguy1 January 07, 2022
Your image of the GM building is fantastic....better than mine. Gotta get back to Detroit (hopefully when it's not so cold) and work on improving my composition.
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Behind The Lens

Location

In Detroit, Michigain. The Building is the GM Renaissance Center.

Time

A very cold weekend in January 2014. I was working for a company in the Detroit area and the weekends were time to explore. It was so cold that winter (-40 celsius) that I had to hop inside to warm up between shots.

Lighting

Cold winter light.

Equipment

SONY NEX -7 with the kit 18-55. Nothing too fancy.

Inspiration

A lot to see in Detroit. And this Iconic building had to be shot. The symmetry jumped right into my eyes so I decided to center it .

Editing

Lightroom (or maybe still Aperture at the time). Three exposure HDR created in Photomatix and further bw enhancments in SIlverFX.

In my camera bag

Then SONY NEX - 7 with kit lens. Nowadays Sony A7RII with 17-105 f4. And usually SONY Prime 55m f1,8. PEAK Design bags.

Feedback

Look up. Bear the cold. Travel. Shoot as much as you can. Simplicity is the key.

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