London

Taken 14-Feb-15

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Keywords:new, lighting, peter jones, department store, Sloane square, architecture, stairwell, staircase, city, uk, great britain, england, urban, building, london, english, shine, blue, stairs, spiral, geometry, europe, united kingdom, britain, curves, steps, banister, curve, curved, spiral staircase, handrail, elegant, warp, warp core, star trek, science fiction, futuristic, sigma, Sony, pic, dslr, hdr, high dynamic range, photomatix, topaz, tonemapped, dslra700, tonemapping

Photo Info

Dimensions5326 x 3546

Original file size10.8 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken14-Feb-15 12:56

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY

Camera modelDSLR-A700

Focal length10 mm

Focal length (35mm)15 mm

Max lens aperturef/4

Exposure1/13 at f/10

FlashNot fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto bracket

Exposure prog.Aperture priority

ISO speedISO 500

Metering modePattern

Digital zoom0x

Warp Core Stairs

This shot was taken at the Peter Jones Department Store in Sloane Square. It has this weird looking blue central light tube which reminded me of the Star Trek Warp Core. I decided to make it weirder with a touch of Topaz Glow Electric applied with a layer mask.

The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens at 10 mm.. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. The ISO setting was 500 to give a fast enough shutter speed in the light. The images were opened in Photoshop first and each image saved as tiffs. HDR processing was in Photomatix using Fusion Real Estate for a natural look.

As well as Topaz Glow the picture was enhanced with Topaz adjust, Detail and Denoise. Further editing was done in Photoshop for colour balance and brightness.