Posted on Aug.30, 2010, under Architecture

Clock Tower

(Nikon D700, 70-300mm at 240mm, ISO 200, Exposure 1/2000 sec @ f/5.6)

One of the things I like to do in my spare time is wander around the University of Michigan campus looking for photo opportunities. It’s particularly nice in the late spring and summer when the students are away. Recently on one of my walks I took this shot of Burton Tower. I have a thing for high contrast and raking light and I liked how the sun was shining on the tower. I really would have preferred to take this shot from a higher point, but I didn’t have access to one so I simply backed up about as far as I could and then zoomed in on the upper portion of the tower.

My plan for this image was to produce something high contrast. I figured I would probably go black & white but I always explore both possibilities. After playing around, I decided black & white worked best. I also spent some time playing with the perspective. I wanted a more straight on shot, so I used the skew and scale tools to alter the perspective a bit. Finally, I took out some visible bits in the dark areas of the image, painting over them with a dark brush. A bit of a change from the original image seen below.

Clock Tower - Raw

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