Retouching For Architectural Project Part II & Shadow Issues
This is project is related to my last post that showed extensive retouching. Same client and same city but different building with slightly different touch-ups.
Once again the power lines and poles had to be removed but we had a distraction with the background. That huge building in the background is also my client’s design but he didn’t care to see it pop up behind the one that is featured. The building removal was rather simple. The lack of trees allowed for nice clean lines for selecting the roof. At least that was easy because the poles and lines took about 5 hours to remove.
Here is an additional note not related to the touch-ups. See the shadow on the left that covers a small portion of the building facade? Also, see the shadow in front of the building toward the bottom right? This was a timing issue. At 7:00AM or earlier the shadow along the bottom cuts across the front of the building facade. Not good. On the other hand, we have the shadow on the left that only get worse as the morning light shifts. This all came down to the perfect timing to minimize the shadows. We couldn’t get it perfect with a clear shadowless shot but it’s the best possible.
Just another thought. I could have made a shadowless shot by doing multiple exposures during the different times but the client wanted some options with angles. This would have involved many camera and tripod setups to cover 3-4 views like this. I hope this makes sense.
Before Photo of Architectural Project
After Photo of Architectural Project
Another great job Paul!
I’ve been doing such retouching on my “Oslo Architecture” project. That can be hard sometimes when there are too many wires everywhere. Good job here thou I would try setting darker sky and removing the car on the right
Thanks. I thought about removing the car and it would be easy compared the all the other stuff taken out but I didn’t this too clean and unrealistic.
This looks great Paul, and I can appreciate all the time it takes to make this perfect. Would the shadow/highlight feature in Photoshop have helped the deep shadow issue?
Thanks for the comment. We can always lighten up the shadows but the issue was more about having them at all. The shadow on the left wasn’t crucial because it kind of keeps the eye on the important parts of the building. It’s a matter of preference I guess but I like a little detail in the shadows without them looking blacked out. Depends on the situation too.
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