"After The Car Bombs: Big Ben Infrared" (c) 2005-2007 Stu Jenks
[Taken in the Fall of 2005. A long process getting this image from camera to print. Made a big scan of a black and white print at 300 dpi to create an image that is roughly 36 x 36 inches. Dust removal took over a year and a half. Well, not everyday but very laborious nonetheless. I'm guessing about 20 to 30 hours of using the Healing Tool to remove the little white spots of dust. Tried printing a straight black and white print but it was a bit boring. Added a little sepia, then a lot of sepia, then a bit of red, then a whole lot of red. Have already gone the post-apocalyptic route by shooting with infrared film and by tilting Big Ben, I might as well go all the way and make it a very warm and hot image. I personally like that it's hard to tell if it was shot in the daytime or at night. Like that bit of mystery. And ironically, as I was dialing in the final colors, they found two unexploded car bombs in the West End of London.]
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