Pull
●●● Panasonic DMC-FZ40; f3.5 @ 1/60 sec, ISO 200 (handheld); Focal length: 19.7mm (119mm EFL) This is the second capture of a scene photographed in my office three days earlier. While processing the first (shown to the right), I looked over at the same setting under similar light and thought “Hmmm, this isn’t [...]
In: Architecture · Tagged with: blind, line, pattern
Tread Carefully
{click image to view large} Returning home one afternoon, this pattern of light and shadow on our front steps caught my eye. The hues actually shifted from warm to cool in the scene, so I decided to push that a bit in processing instead of converting to pure black and white. ●●● Nikon D300; f11 [...]
In: Abstract · Tagged with: pattern, shadow, shape
Every Which Way
{click image to view large} I came across this subject in the courtyard of a fabulous place called “Architectural Artifacts“, where they generously let me roam and take pictures to my heart’s content. Propped upright against a fence, it was perhaps 15 feet tall and I have no idea what it is. An 80,000 square [...]
In: Abstract · Tagged with: pattern
Corner Convenience Store
{click image to view large} The Kuler extension in Photoshop CS4 helped me refine the complementary colors in this palette. Here’s how: 1. In Photoshop, launch Kuler with Window > Extensions > Kuler. 2. I sampled violet from lettering at the upper edge of the image as my key color. Selecting Kuler’s Complementary rule displayed [...]
In: How To, Street Scenes · Tagged with: color, hdr, Kuler, night, pattern
Barrel №2
{click image to view large} This is another subject photographed in the same location as Barrel №1. I’d taken some hand held shots the day before, but upon reviewing them decided to return with my tripod. I also took along a collapsible reflector to help throw light into the deep shadows, but actually ended up [...]
In: Abstract · Tagged with: pattern
Footprints
Splat! {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f11 @ 1/125sec, ISO 900 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 60mm (90mm EFL); focus distance 1.33m ●●● Just Passing Through {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f11 @ 1/125sec, ISO 720 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 35mm (52mm EFL); focus distance 2.66m ●●● Rediscovered while “cleaning house”, [...]
In: Street Scenes · Tagged with: pattern, sidewalk
Whorled
{click image to view large} Another find on the side of a dumpster in Asheville, North Carolina. This back street gave me a lot of presents to delight in over Christmas. ●●● Lumix DMC-FZ40; f5 @ 1/60sec, ISO 400 (handheld); Focal length: 9.2mm (60mm EFL)