I had been watching some videos on YouTube and came across a gentleman named Sean Tucker (
www.youtube.com/channel/UC_43mQmHwHPTBBqImFrWU3Q ) who spent a good bit of time discussing his approach to street photography while pretty much avoiding making the discussions about gear. Refreshing as well as very interesting. Among the topics he covered was a particularly good one of on shadows (
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBAFTR2lScY ). With that fresh in my mind, I made a brief visit to the lavatory and while comfortably ensconced, I noticed how a sunbeam entering the window was playing out on the wall opposite. It immediately struck me as being along the lines of what he was discussing. Quickly regrouping, I brought a small camera into the lavatory and captured this just before the sun’s location shifted and eliminated the bright patch in the upper right. I know that this appears to be monochrome/black-and-white image. It is not. It is full colour. Take my word for it. A bit of fun with a limited colour palette and some interplay of light and shadow with a touch of Sean Tucker inspiration. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-02-18
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Olympus OM-D EM-5 camera fitted with a M Zuiko 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 lense set to 14mm, Manual mode, Daylight WB, ISO200, f/5.6, 1/100 sec with an EV-0.70 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Olympus RAW/ORF source file: set final image size to be 8000px wide, apply perspective distortion correction and level image, set exposure compensation to EV+0.08 (lighten very slightly), boost contrast in L-A-B mode, adjust Tone Curve 2 to boost the lights only, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: slightly adjust/increase overall contrast, use the tone curve tool to brighten on a small segment of the curve corresponding to the bright area on the tiles and wall, sharpen slightly, save, scale image to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048 wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
