From a 19th century waterworks

[DanK]

In the Waterworks Museum in Boston. I didn't get an explanation of these, but given that they are above the pumping equipment, I guessed that they may have held additives.

Access to that level is prohibited, so I had to shoot this through glass from above. C&C welcome, as always.

Technically, the only things of note are that this is a 2-stop exposure bracket merged with exposure fusion (LR Enfuse) and that I used some substantial changes in a selective color layer to bring out color contrast without boosting saturation.

[Round Tuit]

This looks like it belongs in a novel by H.G.Wells. I find it fascinating. Excellent capture. I like what you did with the colours.

[Manfred M]

Great image Dan!

I like it and think I recognize some of parts of the device; it looks like there is a governor there to prevent over-speed issues. I also find some of the wood colours to be quite interesting.

The Steampunk fans would love this place.

[Chataignier]

Splendid shot Dan, definitely something from HG Wells or perhaps from Jules Verne.

[DanK]

Thanks for the comments.

Manfred, I have never been to a Steampunk event, but this image did remind me of the Steampunk images you posted a few years ago.

If folks are interested in selective color, I'll post the SOOC, as rendered by Adobe Color but with no other edits:



There are quite a lot of edits getting to the final, so much of the difference is not the use of selective color, but I think I can explain what is. Note that the yellow brass doesn't stand out much from the brown wood, which is what you would expect from color theory. Also, the yellows are fairly flat.

Here's what I did in selective color:

--For the reds, I pulled down yellow a lot and cyan about half as much. Reducing cyan will generally intensify reds, and I wanted to remove yellow from the browns.

--For the yellows, I pulled down both cyan and magenta and boosted yellow.

--I did nothing to the other colors.

These changes moved the colors of the wood and pipes farther from each other, creating more color contrast. The boost of yellow in the yellows also intensified those colors by making them purer yellow.

Dan