Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Making Lemonade...

So I go to Flushing Meadow Park last Saturday thinking that the Dragon Boat Festival was taking place (at least it appeared to be according to the various sites I  checked).  Not a sign of a boat, dragon or otherwise.  But... the sky and clouds were magnificent, and there are remnants of the 1964 Worlds Fair that are decaying in a wonderful way.
 
Decaying Structure Flushing Meadow Park 1

Handheld HDR... then converted to B&W.  

Decaying Structure Flushing Meadow Park 2
 Just one exposure, and some work with adjustment layers.

Then there's always the old Unisphere -
Unisphere Flushing Meadow Park  

 
Love that 20mm lens.  And love that digital black and white.   You can tweak out amazing stuff (especially from a 16 bit raw file). The original colors of the fair (as I remember) were blues, oranges and some greens.  Blue and orange being the NY State colors.  this color combination gives me the willies, so black and white is blessing.   

Flushing Meadow is a large flat space, allowing for great amounts of sky to be shown.                 
Reeds and Sky

Thursday, July 14, 2011

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Office Building Reflections 3Office Building Reflections 2Office Building Reflections A Boy and His HatFrench Flag AbstractFinal Flight
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