Scavenger Hunt

I enjoyed reading your process for working on photos. I really like this shot of the decaying garage with things inside that people seem to have forgotten they put in there!

I enjoyed reading your process for working on photos. I really like this shot of the decaying garage and the things inside people seem to have forgotten about!

I love it:-)

Its like day and night. You have done remarkable work on the highlights there. Well done. Yes it is fully worth the effort :)

Its like day and night. You have done remarkable work on the highlights there. Well done!

Cool shot and great processing.. I love the hdr treatment, God.. 10 exposures? Wow!

LOL, yes, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than permission!
Love your process methodology, and I know exactly what you mean about revisiting an image you thought was complete the previous evening. Neat filtered light here.

Your HDR images are inspiring. The clarity and detail you achieve by combining the multiple exposures is beautiful, as seen by comparing the "one shot" image with the composite. Thank you!

It's great to see you explain your process along with the music analogy and provide the before and after shots.

i would say this is totally worth it when i compare the 2 images. quite a difference.

Bo, new record .. 10 exporsures? ;-) Nice perspective and angle.

As usual, beautiful HDR work, and I allways love such messy places, there are so much to look at!

I really need to start playing with HDR some day, it photos like this that makes me want to do something similar. Nice.

Thanks all
Did alot of editing on the big green flying angle ... :) and also on the ground. The mastering stage, yesterday, took around 3 hours. All that work is beginning to paid off, people are starting to contact me to do different shots for them, so im very happy :)

Thank you for sharing your process method! great work in this shot! a lot to learn in you blog! Love this shot!

i like the tones

It's a ... snapshot.

Wow, like the wide angle view, lots to see and take in. Interesting scene, love the tones and of course the details. Great job on this one.

You have perfectly well expressed the feelings of many of us when working on photos. I believe this one is good and interesting, because it tells us the beginning of a story. We just have to imagine the following chapters!!!

excellent proccessing subject and colors - I like the atmosphere

Hi Bo
I love the initiative to show the "original" photo, together with your finished "work of art". It truly gives an impression of the amount of work you do on the photoes Thanks ;-)
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It was all for you - thomas :)
Im still wondering if i should built it in, for a permanent solution....

Very nice choice of colors! I love the details.

Nicely done! I like the gentle HDR here. It is hardly noticeable except in comparison with the single shot you provided.

A great shot Bo... Great texture to it, and I like all of the points of interests here. Well worth all the work... :)

Thank you for sharing that one photo, I like this HDR, it is always very special to me to look at your very well detailed pictures, it is a joy.

Nice work on this one, love the colors in it.

belle atmosphère !

what a mess! cool details ... that parachute type covering really adds a nice eleemnt

hope it's okay if i leave another comment. was thinking about this photo and your comments today and wondering if when you are entering these places you worry about someone coming up behind you and questioning you about why you are in private space. was also thinking about your post processing - for me it's not my favorite part of photography but seeing your before and after has got me thinking about giving the post processing more attention.

Many details to explore in this shot. Great !

I think photographers are scavengers by nature. You've obviously stumbled upon someones storage area. This is a good look into a person's lifestyle.

Neat image, fine lighting. I wish I were able to do processing as you do. I make little processing on my pictures, mainly because I donnnnn't know how to do... but don't tell anybody please !
Congratulations

nice shot indeed...

Now that's a musical/visual composition with style. Music and photos....I like the similarities you have found, it really works.

Great shot! the lighting in this is awesome. i really like the texture of the overhanging tarp too. Thanks for the heads up on the "hall of fame". I didn't notice that until you left me a comment! Keep up the good work.

Great composition, I like the lighting and the colours.

Impressive shots at first sight. At second sight, actually another impressive postprocessing showdown. My great respect for your skills, and my even greater respect for your frankness when you're commenting your workflow, even showing one of the original shots. This very instructive before-after is something that only a few photoblogger do, and it's always amazing to watch. Everybody can see, that in fact this is a below average image, not only as regards technical aspects, almost ridiculingly contrasting the glamorous result. But, what's the message after all? Don't care about anything, just shoot, because you can do everything afterwards digitally, in front of the screen? Don't eat me up if I'm exaggerating a little bit.
Personally i'm tired of all those hypes and trends in postprocessing workflow, to be seen in millions of photoblogs around the world. I think i'm not the only one, that is visually bored by those stereotypes of so called perfect surfaces, features that are very well known from the visual industry.
For me, photography's everlasting strength is it narrative potential, not it's glamourous recycling.
Cheers,
Michael

@michele: Thanks for comming back and leaving a second comment. Sure im always wondering if someone i going to sneak up on me. Im always looking around and im using a remote with a cord attached to my camera, so when im shooting im also looking around. Don't want to be caugth of guard
Post-processing is so much fun. It where i go wild and play around with stuff. Try to do it differently than last time
I also shoot with a Holga and when i have scanned my film, i do not do any post processing to that. Its straight of the film, but thats a Lomo thing... i think.

@Michael Singer: I simply love the fact that your being so honest. Thanks. The "not only as regards technical aspects, almost ridiculingly contrasting the glamorous result" is a great (and bold) statement :) I have several "modes" when taking photo's. On this site its my more art side than photo side and yes i do fix a lot in post, but the only thing digital have brought is a simpler and cheaper workflow. I have done post on film, with dodge and burn - very expensive.
Im very "picky" about what i post, i don't just shot something than quickly fix it and then post it, just to post. There has to be something for me in it and then i can only hope that somebody else will like it.

hmm i like it .. i have not read what others say.. i think its worth it .. if you have the time.. i don't have the time or the patience to do this.. so i love to be able to get the shot i want out of camera...

but that's just me .. many love post processing... i can so i like it better than the original exposure well done mate:)

This version is definitely better. The correctly exposed one looks too much like a snapshot...this has a mood and atmosphere. As far as post-processing goes I think that's a personal decision, but it has to be a good photo to begin with. A bad photo won't be any better even if post-processed.

I have the same habit of entering where I'm not supposed to. I suppose that's ok, until its not. I like all of the different details in this image.