August Image

Title - One Way

How I did it - On a recent Saturday morning outing, I was wandering through an alley and found this 1940’s-era building. The sun was rising on the other side of the building as you may see through the windows. My eye was caught by the various rectangular patterns plus the different colors. I also liked the modern sign on the old building.
 I shot hand-held and later processed and cropped the image with Photoshop. Since I pushed the contrast and saturation quite a bit, I had to clean-up the “One Way” arrow sign by creating a separate layer for it and returning it to a more original form.
 For me this image is more about repetitive shapes, color, and composition than it is representative. I hope you like it.
 Thank you all for your comments on my images.

COMMENTS:

Mark Aksoy	Nearly every part of this colorful image is perfectly exposed and the sunlight imparts a glowing quality to the room behind the window!  It is definitely a study in squares and rectangles. The One Way sign is eye-catching for its unusual placement and the red bricks form a border on the right side keeping the eye in the image. My only quibble is that the bright area just right of the sign (due to flash?) makes the bricks appear a bit more shiny than they actually are.
Cliff Banks	I really do appreciate the multitude of shades, well seen, well handled.
Bob Altman	I have nothing negative to say about this image. The blend of the colors is great and the one-way sign is a real plus for the shot.
Bob Barley
Rene Ross	Very nice image... Love the building and the windows... Even the street. You can tell the sat and resulting noise are pretty high but for this image it doesn't bother me like that kind of thing normally does. Nice job.
Margaret Boike	Very nice. Nice framing. Perfect coloration; red and blue is what you first notice, but the amber of the windows completes it. I find my eyes going around and around the image, starting with the sign and going counter-clockwise up the brick on the right side, over the top with the windows at the top. Great photo - so simple, but very interesting.
Rich Krebs	Nice image. It is hard to see what is on the inside of the building, just a wall? Colors are great.

Member Bio

Bob Barley - Bob.Barley@lsi.com I live in northern Colorado. I started shooting in high school after I received a Yashica 6x6 camera as a birthday gift. When I was in college, I traded the Yashica for a used Pentax 35 mm. After college a lack of time and interest put photography on the shelf for many years.  In 2007, I bought a digital point-and-shoot to take an occasional vacation photo. I eventually remembered that it would be more fun to have a camera with a viewfinder and higher resolution, so I bought a Canon 40D. I capture images in camera raw and jpeg. I post-process with Photoshop CS3 and Photomatix using a pc. I hope to leverage the Study Group's experience and knowledge to help me develop as a photographer. I look forward to exchanging notes with the other Group members.