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  • Smokin'

    Distilling Ethanol in Mackay.

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    Cheers, Brad.

  • #2
    A slightly less cooked version...
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    • #3
      I like both Brad, but I think the first is so dramatic. Really like it. Would have never thought a smoke stack could look that cool.
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      • #4
        Cheers Todd. I rarely do HDR's, and never take them to this extreme when I do, but this time I was trying to give it that extreme dramatic look, like a dirty factory pumping more pollution into an already polluted atmosphere. ( The Sugar Mill / Distillery isn't a bad polluter ,they say whats coming out of the stacks is mostly steam, and the sky here is filled with rainclouds at the moment )

        I had someone on another forum tell me that I took the first one too far, that's why I did the 2nd version which they approved of .

        In this case, I still prefer the first version, because that is the look I was trying to achieve with this exercise.
        Cheers, Brad.

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        • #5
          Both good Ironwood. Oh that rhymes. Would also look good in B&W, but that's just me.
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          • #6
            Thanks Isac, your a poet and you didn't know it
            B&W it is then.

            I use Nik Silver Efex for my B&W conversions, never noticed this happening before, the first version is the neutral preset, which is OK, the 2nd one is using the Wet Rocks preset, it has put a white halo around everything, you can notice it most on the top of the RH smokestack. The halo effect was evident on all of the more extreme presets.
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            • Isac
              Isac commented
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              Good work Ironwood. I like the B&W treatment. Looks a bit eerie but that's a good thing.

          • #7
            Like the HDR treatment. Do you know what they burn in the distillation process?

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            • #8
              Cheers Greg. They burn Bagasse, which is a byproduct from the sugarcane, it's the fibrous waste left after they extract the juice from the cane , they stockpile it during the cane crushing season and use it for the distillery as they need it.
              Cheers, Brad.

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              • #9
                Bob Brown will be pleased!
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                • #10
                  Originally posted by eaglem View Post
                  Bob Brown will be pleased!
                  It might take his mind off Adani for a while
                  Cheers, Brad.

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