Today, another installment of my ‘If You Build It?’ series from the abandoned baseball diamond in Seebe, Alberta. You can find the other images in the series here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not entirely sure what the purpose of this little shack used to be, but I’m guessing it may have been where the scorekeeper used to sit during the game. It took a bit of creative maneuvering to get my tripod and camera into a decent position to take this shot. The door to the shack was not being particularly helpful, and I kept getting smacked in the face by some unruly little trees, but in the end, I was relatively happy with this composition.<\/p>\n

I decided to go with a pretty dark look when editing this image. I really wanted to emphasize the deep shadows and bright highlights, and make sure that the chair and lone paintball strike were the focal points. To achieve this, I selectively applied the ‘Midnight’ and ‘Tonal Contrast’ filters from Nik Color Efex Pro on top of my usual application of a number of filters in Phototools. My processing for this image was definitely inspired by urbex HDR master, Jacques Gud\u00e9<\/a> (aka fotofreq). If you’re unfamiliar with his work, be sure to check it out!<\/p>\n