I was out scouting for a good place to shoot my abstract runner when I found this location. I wanted to use a traditional landscape technique of making something in the foreground very prominent and in-focus. The sun had not risen, so the sky was that deep blue that you normally see that time of the day.
The building in the background was what I really wanted to be showing in my abstract runner, but I could not find any place where the runners were passing with this background.
Camera settings: Nikon D700, 28-70 f/2.8 at 28mm, shot at ISO 1,600, f/11 and 1 second with the camera resting on a park bench.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—set white and black point, and added mid-tone contrast, added clarity and vibrance.
Photoshop—sharpened foreground using high pass filter on hard light blending mode.
Nice job Larry. I like the surprise of the baseball[I assume] in the foreground. I don't think it would have been as good of a shot if the foreground object was a fountain or a modern art sculpture like you might expect. Also the contrast between the dirty dull round baseball and the clean vibrant sharp city skyline really adds to the scene.
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