J.S. Cooper Block

[Gary R. Smith]

Independence, Oregon

 

[Beth Anthony]

nice looking building, gives off some serious small town charm vibes.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Processed using a "bleach by-pass" filter in Color Efex.

 

[Gary Ayala]

What does a "bleach by-pass" filter do?

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Left is original. Right is bleach by-pass filter from NIK Color Efex.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Left is original. Right is bleach by-pass filter from NIK Color Efex.
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I like the original better, @Gary R. Smith. And you?

 

[Gary R. Smith]

And you?

Well, I obviously thought it needed something but the original is what caught my eye. Here's the uncropped version of the shot.

 

[Peter Roberts]

I rather like that 'bleach by-pass' look although the technique is a new one on me. It looks like something from one of the weird Lomography film stocks, Metropolis perhaps.

Because I'm curious about names I was going to ask who J. S. Cooper was but a Google search came up with the answer. He seems to have been quite a prominent citizen of Independence back in the day. Also good to find out that this fine old building is now being appreciated and looked after.

Thanks for an interesting post, Gary.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Here are the sliders associated with the bleach by-pass filter in NIK's Color Efex:

 

[Gary Ayala]

To my eye, the higher contrast of the filtered processing gives the second image a boldness and distinct edges for the viewer's eye to grab onto and focus. The original's lack of contrast gives better color ... but the lack of contrast also muddies up the image into making the viewer look hard to find the fine details. Again, to my eye, maybe a bit of contrast to the original creating distinct zones ... but not enough contrast to mute the rich reds and yellows of the original image ... may fulfill the promises you saw when you released the shutter.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Here's a version with more contrast that didn't visit the NIK collection

 

[Tony Warren]

The process refers to a film processing technique omitting the bleach fully or partially. Don't think it is fully realised digitally but I think the NIK version is the more effective here. Nice old building with a typical corner turret so popular in turn of the century architecture and the crop is effective but shame about the subsidence.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

but shame about the subsidence

I assume you're referring to the right-leaning tilt?

 

[Gary Ayala]

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