Ladder On Rusting Silo, Smithville Feed Mill

            A couple of years ago, I was passing through Smithville, and stopped to check up on the status of the then long-closed, and increasingly derelict, feed mill. The two big silos have continued to corrode and the scabrous rust as well as the lichens continue to expand their presence on the well-faded blue-green (teal?) paint job. The ladder on one of the silos remained, albeit in a very rusted state. The colours still appeal to me and I intend to continue my periodic visits in anticipation of their likely ultimate replacement with more housing.  - JW

Date Taken: 2020-02-03

(c) Copyright 2022 JW Vraets

Tech Details:

Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with an AF Nikkor 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 lense set to 125mm, ISO100, Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Aperture priority, f/8.0, 1/30. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to 9000 px high, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool rotated to cover brighter right silo and darken that area to make it less of an attraction to the eye as well as better balancing its tonality with the right silo, increase contrast and Chromaticity (slightly) in L-A-B mode, recover shadow detail by using the Shadows/Highlights tool, slightly boost black level, further boost contrast and reduce saturation, slightly, sharpen edges only, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: increase the contrast and slightly darken the frame using the contrast/brightness tool, add a transparent layer above the image layer  and use it as a non-destructive dodge/burn layer, darken/burn the right edge to reduce its brightness, sharpen and save, scale image to 6000px high, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px high for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / West Lincoln / Smithville (show map)

Taken on: February 3, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 1/30 sec, 125mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	125mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.28
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