Vertical collage of five horizontal HDR images for a total of 15 shots. The door was closed so I could not place myself freely. That brought about huge perspective distortions I had to correct. Once I had my perspective and proportions ship-shape I had to address the issue of the tiles and part of the door-mat that get direct sunlight. That done I had to reduce the reflection from the door glass (no I do not use polarizer filters), although I like those sun-rays. I left the partial reflection of a window to the right of the main arch. Didn't want to clone it away.
All in all, it is a beautiful Barbershop. The owners must have invested a lot of effort and love into creating this splendid vintage atmosphere so I wanted to do it justice. Hope I have because I don't think I could have done it any better myself. I came back another day to get a better composition but the light was not as good, so...
WestonWestmoreland on June 14th, 2022 at 10:49 UTC »
My usual HDR collage with a lot of extra work.
Vertical collage of five horizontal HDR images for a total of 15 shots. The door was closed so I could not place myself freely. That brought about huge perspective distortions I had to correct. Once I had my perspective and proportions ship-shape I had to address the issue of the tiles and part of the door-mat that get direct sunlight. That done I had to reduce the reflection from the door glass (no I do not use polarizer filters), although I like those sun-rays. I left the partial reflection of a window to the right of the main arch. Didn't want to clone it away.
All in all, it is a beautiful Barbershop. The owners must have invested a lot of effort and love into creating this splendid vintage atmosphere so I wanted to do it justice. Hope I have because I don't think I could have done it any better myself. I came back another day to get a better composition but the light was not as good, so...
wouterv101 on June 14th, 2022 at 11:45 UTC »
What an awesome barbershop! Cool pic
_maverick_11 on June 14th, 2022 at 12:14 UTC »
That's one beautiful barbershop, kudos