Square Lines V
More from the Yashica 35GS, back in Market Square where I started a series with the Olympus XA2 which has a number of posts of railing light on these same floors, though at a different time of day.
These shots are a good example of how black and white conversion can really improve a shot, in my opinion anyway.
I probably should get rid of the crumbs in the black and white – they are ok in colour, but kind of distracting on conversion.
[Edit: popular opinion rules – I have edited and replaced.]
The crop is to get rid of the arm of a croissant that the crows had not yet discovered.
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Yashica Electro 35GS, f1.7/45mm lens, Kodak Gold 400 film, scanned with Epson V700, edited in Lightroom 5
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burnt embers 
The combination of the repetitive squares and those diagonals has created something really rather exceptional – and so good when the colour is removed.
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Thank you Andy. I agree about the colour. I can’t believe I didn’t notice the photographic opportunities in this building – I have shopped at stores here since the 70’s. I am sure there will be many more shots from around here – it holds the store that I buy bits of cameras and film at, and get shutter speed tested and so on. So it is a starting point for testing cameras that I am trying out. Wait a minute…. does that mean I will be buying more old film cameras! Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone.
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Like both actually 🙂 just to be perverse.
A trick I was taught when doing prints (difficult on the screen 😉 ) is – turn the image upside down and look at it in a mirror: amazing what shows up.
David.
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That sounds like a useful tip. If I had a tablet maybe I could do that, or perhaps the image would just keep rotating to be right side up, and would make me feel seasick?
I have a friend who used to do copy editing. She always edited from first sentence to beginning for same reasons – same theory I guess though she did not hold the document in front of the mirror. At least I don’t think she did.
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I like it much better, post-magic!
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Thanks! Me too. If it had not been bedtime when I was making the post, I would have fixed it and never let it loose on the world.
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But this way you got comments on the blog…
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True – in the past 44 minutes my comment count has gone up by 45 (I just went and refreshed my stats screen which is how I know)
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Between the two of us, the WordPress servers are probably feeling a little over worked today…
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I am with you on this one, the B&W conversion is much better. I would have removed the distractions as well, I think we are all on the same page here!
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Hi David – we are on the same page and the crumbs are now gone, never to see the light of day again. Had I waiting 20 minutes, and had the shadows waited which they would not have, the birds likely would have done the spotting for me. So, just speeding up nature a bit in order to keep the light. That is totally legit, right?
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OF COURSE I like the b&w better. I’d take out the crumbs, too – at least the bigger ones on the left side.
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Of course you do Melinda. Crumbs be gone. And now they are are.
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Wow. It’s like magic!
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Cloning IS like magic.
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Is it LIKE magic, or is it ACTUALLY magic?!
That’s a question we’ll need to discuss in depth the next time we meet. (I’ll bring wine. Or Scotch. Either one will be helpful to the conversation, I’m pretty sure.)
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Good plan. I have scotch, just bring yourself.
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It’s a deal!
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I like the converted shot better as well. And I’m not opposed to spotting out distractions, either. I do it all the time.
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Thanks Ken. I do it all the time too. I just did not notice them until I previewed the post – focused on other edits during post I guess. That happens to me quite a bit. In this case I was looking for the right balance of shadows and light to bring out the railing shadows and the subtleties of overlapped shadows that I assume originate from multiple light sources (reflecting windows).
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