June, week one:
I was wandering around downtown and walking through the empty pavilion when I realized I hadn't taken any pictures of the rows of chairs. It took me several attempts to optimize the composition. This serves as one of my more abstract images of this project, however it is not a true abstract image.
The black and white conversion on this made me realize that my processing gives the bokeh a harsh appearance. While I could smooth this out in photoshop, I want to figure out on my own ways to balance things out. This will be especially important for black and white macro shots.
Image details:
Date and location: 6/10/7 at 18:11 EDT, Pavilion, downtown mall, Charlottesville Virginia
Equipment: Canon 30D, 17-85mm IS lens, Hoya SMC UV filter
Settings: 85mm, handheld with IS, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/25 sec, shot in raw
Processing: cataloged in Aperture v1.5.3 -> export as .jpg to PSE-CS3 -> black and white (high contrast blue preset) -> resize -> USM (100%, 0.5, 0) -> border + text -> save as .jpg
Photo-a-week goals addressed: #1 (b+w), #12 (abstract)
