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Fallout Shelter
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After computer booting troubles, I ran into Lightroom troubles and had to rebuild my library. I finally have both of those problems contained and can now resume posting images here. We’ll see how long I can go before I really screw with my computer again. It’s almost a compulsion to me. I always have to tweak it just a little bit.
Anyway, here’s another image from last week’s photowalk. I had a great time meeting all those new people and am excited to have been contacted by at least 3 people looking for more information on our next walk.
I noticed this very old fallout shelter sign for the first time on the walk. I’d shot the fire escape directly across the street several times in the past, but had missed this entirely. These signs are almost universally lovely. They are so old that they usually have a good bit of wear and rust on them. They are relics of an old paradigm of fear that seems to be re-emerging. They frequently contrast with their surroundings well.
I like the simple composition here. I have reduced the presence of the sign to a tiny bit of the massive expanse of brick – mirroring both its modern day significance and its probable effectiveness during its heyday.
Post-processing:
This image took more massaging than usual to get it into it presentation state. I first had to correct quite a bit of lens distortion. I took the image over to Photoshop Elements 7 to fix the perspective shift.
Then I had to correct some pincushion distortion.
After aligning the image, the rest was pretty straight forward. I applied a personal preset to adjust clarity, vibrance, and saturation. Then I increased contrast some, and brightened up the sign a little bit. I sharpened, exported, and posted it. |
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Love it. Composition and placement of your subject sign is excellent - good use of 'negative space' that is so busy that it borders on not being negative at all ...
I like that the eye seeks solace from the repeating pattern of the bricks in a corner of the frame - where the message is none too encouraging. :)
Good job.
Rew
As an aside - as a kid, in the early '80s, I used to have nightmares about nuclear war. These days I think that threat is negligible. Besides, other spectres have taken over.
Hi Scott
Hehe.. minimalistic work...as I love it.
Very clever observation in a strong pov.
May be more contrast will be better, but you're work is excellent.
Fine job.
Best regards
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