9-21: A New Old

On September 21, 2009, in photo365, photography, by Dan Perovich

1/100 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 200, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)  Today is my first day back at the client site after a break for the last two months.  Since I was last staffed at this client, they have completed a move to a new building.  As a result, there are tons of new potential subjects for the Project.  I found this exit sign in the parking garage right above the space where I parked this morning.  Instead of heading into the office immediately, I pulled out the camera and took several shots.  This angle of looking almost straight up at the sign from the ground was my favorite.

In post processing I applied a gradient filter to the bottom of the image to tone down the spectral highlight on the sign.  I played around with both colored versions and black and white versions.  Ultimately, I chose the antique black and white edit because I felt the composition of the image became the focus more so than in the colorized version.  It also looks like I applied a white vignette to this photograph when, in fact, I did not.  This “artifact” became more apparent after the black and white conversion.

 

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