I really like your work Nathan. This shot is another fine example. There seems to be so much going on - Controlled complimentary color pallet -neutrals, blue and that orange-red. Graphic composition with separate framed areas. Nice lines and a large negative space for your logo or the clients copy. Wondering how hard it was to balance the lighting. It seems that if you would have moved an inch in any direction the composition wouldn't have come together. The only thing that slightly bothered me was that he escalator steps disappeared with a long exposure or is this some kind of conveyor belt system (I don't get out much, at least to metro areas). Very nice indeed. Thumbs up.
Thanks for the compliments, glad you like it
Balancing the light can be tricky, and here there is a lot of mixed lighting, I find it harder and harder to get good pics in these kind of environments, the influx of LED lighting is suddenly throwing daylight colour temps into an otherwise pretty much tungsten scene... it was bad enough before with tungsten/fluro mix, but now suddenly daylight LED in the mix..
I chose to set balance for the predominant lighting and let the LEDs on the escalator go a little blue...
As far as the exposure goes its one shot, the Hasselblad files coped nicely with the shadows and highlights here
Long exposures can be a problem with escalators, but this one is a kind of conveyer belt with no steps
I spent 4 days in the Oslo area photographing four of the biggest shopping centres in Norway... I was not exactly a fan of such places before but after four LONG days marching up and down on hard concrete floors well... (My wife thinks it a dream job though and when I get these assignments she always asks to be my assistant
) Nice to be in the city a while, but nicer to be back home in the country