The Shape of Light XI - The Shell Haus Berlin
© Photo by Joel Tjintjelaar
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Edit : This photo is part of a series of 5 that has been awarded 2nd place at the International Photography Awards 2012 (IPA 2012) in the architectural category. This means that after winning 2nd place in 2010 and 1st place in 2011 that I've won this competition for 3 consecutive years in this category at this prestigious competition.
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light ”
- Le Corbusier
Light shapes - shape the light.
Join me at the New York City architectural workshop/photowalk on Nov. 10-11-12-13
My second post from the Berlin Photowalk on May 12/13, which shows I need quite some time to process just one image. And what a hard one this was to process:
I've made 12 versions of this, #13 was the final one and it drove me really nuts for the past few weeks.
To give you some more facts:
- I've created 30+ selections to treat each element in this photo separately with the right amount of tonal gradations, details and tonal contrasts
- I've worked 60+ hours in total on this image (was it worth it? Hmmmm, you decide!)
- 100+ layers and masks were used in the creation of this photo
- I've cursed myself and this photo in 4 different languages - I still love Berlin and this building though!
- I fell asleep behind my computer 3 times.
- I'm uploading this photo while still being hospitalized in a local Asylum/madhouse/loony bin:)
You see: I never give up!
The thing that drove me mad in this image was the tonal balance between sky and building: I usually like a dark sky with bright streaks of clouds/light. That didn't work for this one if I wanted to put the emphasis on the lines of this building while at the same time ensuring that the tonal range in the building itself was predominantly on the right half of the histogram. So I decided to tone down the sky, remove the contrasts and make it more subtle. Another thing that drove me mad: the transition from light to dark in each of the layers of this building.
Technical info:
B+W ND110 & ND106 - 16 stops
f/11
ISO100
17 mm
420s (7m0sec) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro 2
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Comments

"Fantastic work "
"Kijk omhoog Sammy Prachtview en compo Joel! Happy EK weekend!"
"this shot is superb but 60 hours??"
"Je hebt prachtig licht gevangen en op je eigen manier verwerkt tot iets heel bijzonders ! Schitterend...en de enige echte JoelTjintjelaar ! "
"Definitely brilliant work. I think everything you did was quite right since youre satisfied with the result"
"Fantastisch werk weer Joel! complimenten!"
"Very nice. All that work really shows off the fantastic curves of this building. And, cursing is part of the creative process, isnt it?"
"Wow seems like way too much work ! The results speak for themselves ! The processing is flawless and its a work of art Joel. Congrats ."
"Youve got the transitions so smooth that it looks like its a piece of paper with a pattern printed on it rather than a building. I think its a winner"
"Fine composition with a great diagonal! Nice contrast too!"