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The museum becomes art - #1

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Today we're at the metropolitan Museum in new York City. It's one of my favorite places and it's probably the most important museum in the world. Unfortunately, I don't live in new York anymore.

This is one of the huge galleries where they have contemporary art. I shot this with a Sony DSC-F707 using its Nightshot (infrared) mode. The picture is a tad overexposed, but the composition, with the museum guard at the apex of the image is promising, so let's see what we can do.
Metropolitan Museum - by Tony Karp
Original infrared shot of the contemporary art gallery at the Met.
Metropolitan Museum #2 - by Tony Karp
We'll start by reducing the image to black and white. Not bad. We could stop here, but let's keep going.
Metropolitan Museum #3 - by Tony Karp
Here's one color variation. Note that the windows are now black.
Metropolitan Museum #4 - by Tony Karp
Another color variation. Windows are still black.
Metropolitan Museum #5 - by Tony Karp
Combine the two color variations with the black and white variation. Almost there.
A final touch-up brings the windows from gray to white. - by Tony Karp
A final touch-up brings the windows from gray to white.

So this is where we end up. No longer a photograph, but something closer to art. Something you might want to hang on your wall.
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