The Bank With No Money

[Skippy]

Hi folks, I went down town on my way to work looking for something to take a picture of,
but the weather was not so good which is a good thing really cause we so
desperately need the rain :D .

So I walked and looked.... always looking looking... more looking :D
I looked to the left, and looked to the right and ended up on the other side of the street :rofl how bout that hey hehehe :rolleyes

Anyways I ended up at the old National Australia Bank Building.
Behold I give you ........ THE BANK, which is now a Restaurant.

I love my Canon 10-22mm I tell you I love it :lust .... Skippy
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http://OzzieSkip.smugmug.com/photos/153791393-L.jpg

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[Deanna Alko]

I really like this angle & composition! :clap Inspiring confidence that you could get a good meal there.
I bet they have one of the largest and safest refrigerator or wine storage areas (vault conversion)

Oops forgot to ask - Did you use fill flash here?

Take care,
- Deanna

[Richard]

Love it, Skippy. It's technically great and humorous as well. Well done. :thumb

Cheers,

[Dalantech]

A very dramatic composition Skippy -well done!!! :clap

[fcorin13]

This is fantastic! I love the colors. Were the clouds for real? They are perfect for this image. Very niCe!

[GraphyFotoz]

Super nice shot Skipster!! :thumb :thumb

Would make a nice Travel Brochure shot to prompt Tourist to eat there!

[ChrisJ]

Great shot skippy! Love that blue sky, did you use a polarizer on the 10-22?

[Awais Yaqub]

:scratch:huh:huh
Woow
this is great my head start spinning after looking that very cool

[gus]

Nice colour skip.. !!

[BeachBill]

That's a WOW shot. Love the perspective and the sky. Amazing. :thumb

[Phyxius]

Hey skippy, this is a super cool shot! The comp, the colors, the clouds, the building, it's great!! Did you run this through photomatix? It looks a bit HDR like.

Cool image, for sure!:thumb

[GREAPER]

:agree :thumb

[Nikolai]

Great shot Skip! Love the angle and compo! :thumb
10-22 can do a lot if used wisely! :deal

[Skippy]

I really like this angle & composition! :clap Inspiring confidence that you could get a good meal there.
I bet they have one of the largest and safest refrigerator or wine storage areas (vault conversion)

Oops forgot to ask - Did you use fill flash here?

Take care,
- Deanna

Hi Deanna ... no flash used, actually I've never been inside it since it became a Restaurant, I have a very clear memory of what it was like inside, as I once used to do Banking there many many many moons ago.

Thats funny about having the safest refrigerator hahaha :rofl
Thanks for looking.... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Love it, Skippy. It's technically great and humorous as well. Well done. :thumb

Cheers,

Thank you my friend, I was running out of time before I had to be at work.
I was glad I found something of interest to take a picture of :D
.... Skippy
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[Skippy]

A very dramatic composition Skippy -well done!!! :clap

Thanks Dalantech, using the 10-22mm is a lot of fun, I have thoroughly enjoyed this lens since purchasing it only a couple of months ago.

.... Skippy
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[Skippy]

This is fantastic! I love the colors. Were the clouds for real? They are perfect for this image. Very niCe!

Yes the clouds are real, this is one shot edited 3 times then put together as you do HDR with PhotoMatix Pro.

After the program merges the three images into ONE,
I then edit it some more in PhotoShop.

Thanks for looking....... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Super nice shot Skipster!! :thumb :thumb

Would make a nice Travel Brochure shot to prompt Tourist to eat there!

Thanks Jim, that buildings face is directly on a corner of two streets,
so the entry is not really in either street, its smack bang on the corner.

Thanks for looking Jim....... Skippy :D
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[Skippy]

Great shot skippy! Love that blue sky, did you use a polarizer on the 10-22?

Hi Chris, no filters, no flash.
What I did was take one shot.
In photoshot I edited the shot THREE Times, by changing the Exposure Value.

So I had one at -1 one at 0 and one at +1.
Then I put all three images into PhotoMatix Pro which merged them all together as I image.

I manipulated it within PhotoMatix Pro, enhancing the colour etc.
After that I saved it, then loaded it into PhotoShop where I edited it some more.

The colours in the image are heavily saturated the sky should not be that colour its just a normal light blue.

The post processing probably makes you think I used a filter, but I didn't.

Hope this helps explain how I did it Chris :D .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

:scratch:huh:huh
Woow
this is great my head start spinning after looking that very cool


Thank you Awais, I am pretty sure it's only a two story building :D
Glad you like it :thumb .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Nice colour skip.. !!

Thanks Gus, it turned out better than I thought it would :D
.... Skippy
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[Skippy]

That's a WOW shot. Love the perspective and the sky. Amazing. :thumb

Thank you, well we are having really weird weather here,
quite a bit of rain, but not enough to break the drought,
its hot and cold and raining and plants are starting to come out that shouldn't be as we are about to go into Winter, but the plants think its spring.

I can see my fruit trees are starting to bud, and they shouldn't be.

Sky was almost like a smoke effect I guess you'd say :D
The Canon 10-22mm is excellent for shooting tall buildings.

...... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Hey skippy, this is a super cool shot! The comp, the colors, the clouds, the building, it's great!! Did you run this through photomatix? It looks a bit HDR like.

Cool image, for sure!:thumb

Yep its a PhotoMatix Image, but it's only ONE shot edited THREE times.
After that I put it back into PhotoShop and edit it some more :D

Thanks for commenting Christina :D .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

:agree :thumb

Thanks Greaper, the place I wanted to photograph was surrounded by a cyclone fence so there must be some construction work going on.

The Bank was on the way to where I was headed :D ..... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Great shot Skip! Love the angle and compo! :thumb
10-22 can do a lot if used wisely! :deal

Thanks Nikolai, the Canon 10-22m is indeed a wonderful lens to play around with, its incrediably sharp, and light too :D .... Skippy
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[wally5656]

Really a nice shot, everything I wanted to say about it has already been said, I just agree with it all.........I like it a lot!

[wxwax]

Wow, that's super dramatic, Skippy!

[Skippy]

Really a nice shot, everything I wanted to say about it has already been said, I just agree with it all.........I like it a lot!

Awwwwww thank you Wally :D I forgot to add that I did remove a wire and something else that I have no clue what it was from the very rim and top of the building post processing.

Glad you liked it :D .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Wow, that's super dramatic, Skippy!

Thanks Sid, it's sort of a HDR, only its ONE Photo edited 3 Times.
Marc Meunch told me it could be done with 3 :D

Glad you liked it Sid :D .... Skippy
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[Serrator]

Skippy, this is really a nice shot and retouch! The angle at which you took this has greatly increased the sense of scale...it has a Gothum city feel to it to me...right out of a superhero comic book. Awesome work!!:clap

[Skippy]

Skippy, this is really a nice shot and retouch! The angle at which you took this has greatly increased the sense of scale...it has a Gothum city feel to it to me...right out of a superhero comic book. Awesome work!!:clap

Thank you Serrator :D I need to go to Melbourne for a day trip find buildings higher than 2 Story, where I live there are no huge buildings.

Thank you for your very kind words *blush*blush* .... Skippy
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[loi]

cool..

[Lord Vetinari]

Excellent shot Skippy- love the angle :)
Brian V.

[Skippy]

cool..

Thank you Loi :D .... Skippy
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[Skippy]

Excellent shot Skippy- love the angle :)
Brian V.

Thanks Brian....... I'm hoping to give your stacking technique a try this weekend :thumb ..... Skippy
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[Kevin]

that's a darn neat shot there skippy.
luvvin it!