A Re-run

Ok, ok, ok. I know I've done this one before. I recently started working on cleaning up some of the photos in post with some better programs that I got for Photoshop. This would be how I meant it to be viewed in the first place. I'll also add back in the before so you can tell me if you see a difference.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

While they both have good merit, I like the second better. It has more of a stark contrast that I was looking for when I first took the picture.

A Classic - The Chrysler Building

So, Shannon has been kind enough to indulge in my hobby, so she let me rent this stupidly cool lens from the interwebs. It's a Cannon 24-70mm L 2.8. It rocks. The previous post contains two images I took with it. Here is my take on a classic, taken while doing a photo walk through the city.

This is of course the Chrysler Building. I still need a night shot. It is a little daunting photographing something so widely published. Maybe I can find a better angle sometime later. It was a nice sky that day which made for nice backdrop.

Canon L 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 27.0mm ISO 100 f/7.0  1/250 (3 exposures +/- 2)

Canon L 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70.0mm ISO 100 f/2.8  1/250 (3 exposures +/- 2)

Contest Submission

Here is a group of three photos I submitted for this online contest. I didn't win, obviously, but it was fun to try and stream together images into a series and tell a story. These three deal with 3 different scales of both human subject and urban setting as one increases and the other diminishes.

Canon L 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70.0mm ISO 100 f/2.8  1/250

Canon L 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24.0mm ISO 100 f/2.8  1/2500

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 18.0mm ISO 100 f/11.0  1/60 (3 exposures +/-2)

Let me know what you think. I think all the photos stand nicely on their own though the aircraft carrier might be considered out of context aesthetically with the other two. I should probably try for more consistency. Look for the next submission I am making soon.