Through the bars

Today's photo was taken from the historic Frost Motor Bank site in downtown San Antonio. I purposely moved the shot so that one of the bars was blocking the view of a newer building (the Crowne Plaza) so the only structure visible was the Robt. E. Lee Hotel, which apparently have been converted into an apartment building. The Frost Motor Bank site was constructed around the same time, and I think the view looking out between the metal beams is quite interesting.

I actually combined two HDR shots for this photo, the first was focusing solely on the beams, the second shot was the rest of the photo. Because the beams were so close and so dark, a much longer exposure was needed to properly bring out the detail, but in order to capture that, the rest of the shot was entirely blown out. This is a prime example of when you have to think ahead to post processing while you are shooting, otherwise this shot would have likely been completely unusable!

Through the bars

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