Dark industrial urban shot

[Metalstrm]

First of a series I've called Monolith. They will all have a similar creepy decayed industrial feel to them. Hope you like the idea.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2978/monoliththeshaftpilotsms.jpg

[Stickman]

Fantastic, and I don't say that lightly!

[Metalstrm]

Thanks! Here's a new one:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4919/monolithunreachablesmalx.jpg

[Metalstrm]

And a third:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8338/monoliththeconcretemons.jpg

[scotteisenphotography]

very very nice. good job!

[The Ghost of FM]

I really like the first one!

It looks like an elevator shaft but seems to be missing some hardware for that?

What is it?

Cheers!

[Metalstrm]

It is actually an elevator shaft with no elevator. I work as an estate agent, and having just finished with a client and having my camera on me, I said heck, why not? So I went up to the tenth level or so and took some photos by holding my camera out in the shaft and trying my best not to fall down :)

Here's another one:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1866/monolithundergroundsmal.jpg

[Casek McHaggis]

This series is great! Just my kind of stuff.

[sally_tomato]

very nice!

[emomophantom]

These are fantastic

[snowshark13]

The shaft is my favorite! Great texture on it.

[kosin]

I LOVE the angle of the first shot!

[Grimes]

I prefer the second one!

[u4s2m1c]

very nice, i like the different color that each shot has. what exactly did you do in PP?

[Metalstrm]

Thanks all for the comments.

Basically I desaturated almost completely, added contrast through curves, added a slight color bias again using curves, then added a paper texture and some grain on top. That's it in a nutshell, with some individual adjustments here and there.

[GDane123]

Thanks all for the comments.

Basically I desaturated almost completely, added contrast through curves, added a slight color bias again using curves, then added a paper texture and some grain on top. That's it in a nutshell, with some individual adjustments here and there.

Sorry I'm really new. So basically these are "normal" shots and you achieved the feel/color with an editing tool? Or is it something to do with your camera? I like #1 and #2.

[Metalstrm]

Yes, by post processing with Photoshop.

[siuleung]

These are fantastic, I just did a little series like this in an abandoned steel mill. I'm really into it now.