An experiment in Dodging, Burning, and Blurring.
When I was in Scotland I took this picture on Buchanan Street. It seemed perfect for a black and white shot so I went through and edited into one. It was on my old camera so the image size is smaller than typical. Also you may noticed I labeled the file wrong as Sauchiehall St. (the neighboring street), forgive me for this it has been 2 years since I was there.
My initial transition did not have the clouds but I went back and did not overexpose the sky because I thought it might look good. In my opinion it looks awful. So then I re-overexposed them and noticed that a central focus would give it a cool effect.
And thus this is Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland 2006. To me this picture captured my Glasgow experience. It isn't a beautiful city in the way that Edinburgh or Vienna was; it has an air upon it that cannot be described easily. And for me it was a second home in Europe.
EDIT: I really wish that Picasa had a size in between medium and large!
My initial transition did not have the clouds but I went back and did not overexpose the sky because I thought it might look good. In my opinion it looks awful. So then I re-overexposed them and noticed that a central focus would give it a cool effect.
And thus this is Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland 2006. To me this picture captured my Glasgow experience. It isn't a beautiful city in the way that Edinburgh or Vienna was; it has an air upon it that cannot be described easily. And for me it was a second home in Europe.
EDIT: I really wish that Picasa had a size in between medium and large!
