Corner of the JD

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 18, 2015149 views3 comments

Jack Douglass Saloon, Columbia

Here’s one I’m curious about because it was kind of an experiment. I cropped it to square because there was lots of brick in the lower part. I also used a Levels layer to significantly darken the bricks in the upper right corner.

The curvy iron gizmo is an anchor for a steel rod that runs the length of the building to a similar anchor on the other end. The rod has a giant turnbuckle for adjusting the tension. These rods help stabilize the old brick buildings.

Nikon D-7100
16-85mm @ 65mm
TK's Masks and Levels layers. I also used the Skew Tool (Edit>Transform>Skew) in CS6 to correct some vertical convergence.
March 2015

Please see the larger version. Thanks!

Your thoughts are always appreciated.

--P

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 18, 2015 at 5:46 PM

This is cool, Preston. Very abstract, with great shapes, lines and colors. It will not be everyone's thing, but I like it.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on March 19, 2015 at 12:19 AM

I think that the square crop works because the vertical corner breaks the symmetry where it matters. The curvy gizmo adds interest and some dynamics (around here in Charleston they use huge nuts for the same purpose). The one thing that I don't like much is the awning, but I don't think that you can do much about it short of physically detaching it from the building, which the owner might object to

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 19, 2015 at 9:17 AM

Preston: I think this is well seen. So many of the elements suggest the age of the structure making me want to know what else is there. A place with a lot of character is implied. 2 thumbs up. >=))>

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