This is my High Dynamic Range (HDR) image of the Stevens Brick Block building. It’s a row of four brick stores that were later converted to City Hall on Craven Street in New Bern, North Carolina. I can’t find any history or older photos of this building except that it was built around 1816. If you can supply additional information, I’d appreciate it. Would love to find a historic picture of this building for comparison. (Update: I got a response from Steve Walser on Facebook with this link about the Old City Hall. Thanks Steve.)
Processing: Nine shots from -2 to +2 at .5 ev intervals loaded into Nik HDR Efex Pro for Tone Mapping. I did very few modifications since I wanted this image to be as realistic as possible. In Adobe Photoshop CS6, I applied Shadows/Highlights for a smoother color/tonal blending and then did overall sharpening using High Pass filter.
Equipment used: Nikon D700 with 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 lens set at 26mm, f/11, ISO 400.
Nicely captured and processed, Mark. Some of these older places are really tough to find history online. May have to visit a local library of Chamber of Commerce.
Thanks, Jimi. I got a response from Steve Walser on Facebook about the build and updated this post with a link. Very interesting history.
Excellent image Marck. I like how the weathered side wall came out. Well done.
Thanks, Len. Texture is great!
Very nice shot Mark! Like the details and colors in this one!
Thanks, Rich.
Lovely composition and processing Mark. I love the distressed brick on the side of the building.
Thanks, Edith. Never get tired of old brick. . .such character.
the effect makes it looks like a drawing, I like that
Thanks, Chantal.