AMPt Feature submitted by Eric Ludwig (@vivoarch)
Title: Train Set
Description
This is a train yard not far my house. Minneapolis was once a booming industrial city at the turn of the century. This is one of my favorite places to visit. If you look closely, downtown Minneapolis is way in the background
Process.
Shot with Camera+.
PhotoForge2: Rotate, but didn’t crop yet, knowing how the next step would render. I didn’t want the background at the top darkened. Save.
CrossProcess: Processed with Basic setting. Save.
PhotoForge2: Cropped to square. Save (Edit A).
VSCO Cam: Style 6, Fade +1. Save (Edit B).
Blender: Blended two edits together on Normal blend mode. Edit A 75% / Edit B 25%. Save.
Snapseed: Selective Adjust (Added a couple points of boosted brightness and saturation to the trains in the foreground, about +8 to each). Save.
Snapseed: Tune Image (contrast +5 / saturation +5 / white balance +3). And done
Bio.
Hi. I’m an architect, father and husband stationed in Minneapolis. My job keeps me moving about town and country, so mobile photography fits perfectly with my busy schedule. And I like coffee. A lot.
Like so many IGers, I started IG posting quirky little photos of my daily life. I’ve always been a bit creative, so it was a perfectly fun outlet for me. That all changed the day I happened across the gallery of @croyable. It completely blew me away! It showed me what could be possible on IG. From there, I was hooked.
I’m not really sure I have a style. I just try to keep experimenting. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. My approach is to shoot what catches my eye and then edit to create a story for the shot. That often takes me down strange winding paths, but that’s part of the fun adventure.
And since I have the stage, one quick note about the community on IG. In my experience, it is incredible! I have met SO many talented and wonderful people on here. You are all amazing. Thank you.
