This small pillbox, designed for one heavy machine gun, still retains its original protective embankment.
As soon as construction work was finished outer walls were covered with tar to prevent moisture from eroding the concrete. The black smudges are still clearly visible. Once it dried, stones were piled up against the walls and covered with sand/earth to form embankments providing additional protection against direct artillery hits.

This one was processed 50% with OnOne Perfect Photo Suite and 50% with NIK Color Efex Pro. Pulled froma single RAW with ACDSee Pro 8 (a sort of Lightroom in case you wonder, but WAY faster. Some dynamic contrast added selectively + some vignette blur, these done in Perfect Effects module. Then squeezed through a preset which I developed in NIK Color Efex Pro - for a kind of smooth look I was after.

This photo is Best on black at Fluidr

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Make:	PENTAX
Model:	PENTAX K200D
Exposure:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture:	f/5.6
ISO Speed:	100
Focal Length:	21 mm