Hi Chris,
Thanks.
I'd better start with capture.
This was a stitched image with a 75mm lens. I wanted a compressed feel to the photograph, and I knew I wanted pano proportions to give wider feel to the composition.
There were 8 shots in the stitch(1/13 @ F11), and there was single photograph with the person.(1/6 @ F8). All shot at base iso.
I think if I'd had my Schneider 60XL last year, I would have shot this with that. I think I could have shot the base shot in 3 frames, though may needed to have bracketed for the windows then.
I processed each neutrally in LR.
Having exposed for the windows I then brought the basic exposure of the photograph up a little, and pulled the highlights down. I left the Fill Light/Shadow slider where it was.
Brightness and Contrast were both added along with some vibrance and saturation.
Some clarity was added at this stage (which I've found beneficial to older film era lenses)
Photographs were stitched and converted to a smart object to allow fine tuning of lens corrections etc.
The person file was processed to match and opened in PS as a smart object and layered into the compositions. Lens corrections copied over and unwanted image masked out.
There was a degree of light mixing through the entire building.
I whitened the columns and to some degree handrail - I wanted he rythmn of the columns and ceiling beams to really stand out.
The red flowers in the rear were actually really red, so I dumbed them down.
I warmed the ceiling up for two reasons - a west coast need for warm wood in their buildings (see the other photographs- Fir is orange and when used becomes the dominant colourin compositions.) and also to provide some contrast to the green outside. I think this works, but interestingly 12 months on, I think I'd tone it down a bit now. Example attached (LAP093_4807) - Interested in your thoughts?
There was a final curves adjustment to the entire photograph.
I usually apply an unsharp mask etc, but it looks like I didn't on this file.
When it comes back in to lightroom I sometimes complete overall tweaks to balance across the package of photographs being delivered - here , a small bump in exposure, some contrast added, and the highlights pulled down to balance the exposure bump.
I was at home last night and outputted the files to LL from other jpegs, so the attached may have been sharpened twice...
I've reattached the original (_4806) along with a less warm ceiling (_4807) - these both came from the tiffs and had no sharpening applied at all.
The other photographs followed a similiar process, however if there was a window that needed cutting in, this was also done. All with smart objects that allow fine perspective adjustments to be copied across in PS.
This was probably one of my favourite buildings last year - one of those shoots squeezed in before the tenant/owner moved all their stuff in! Thanks to the weather gods that day!
Cheers
AL