Shirley Pohlman
March 2025 - CHARLESTON
Original
About the Image(s)
This is one of the side streets in historic Charleston, South Carolina. These streets are ordinarily filled with tourists walking, thus, lucky to have the opportunity to see to the water. Shot with iPhone 14 Pro, f1.78, 100 ISO, 1/6204 sec, 24mm lens. I made several adjustments through Lightroom to bring out a richer tone
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4 comments posted
Lucky you, Shirley, not to have any tourist in your photo. At first glance, the yellow buildings jumped out at me and I didn't notice the water. I like your original photo and think that perhaps a B&W might work. I would play around with some dodging and burning to lead the eye more directly to the water. Great job on having straight walls. Posted: 03/11/2025 13:30:32
Fascinating picture with leading lines pointing to the far distance. There is no anchor, but the beautiful cobble stones suffice as an attractive foreground. The window shutters on the right look to be an interesting point to potentially bring out by a few steps to the left? Posted: 03/11/2025 22:37:55
A lovely shot, Shirley. I think you might have "warmed it up" a little too much with the yellow saturation. Maybe, somewhere between the original and your presented image would probably be just right. Like Piers said, the leading lines draw the eye into the image Posted: 03/16/2025 22:54:14
Shirley,
My very first thought upon seeing this image was how "sterile" it is. I then though that maybe you used a very dark ND filter to have a long exposure and eliminate seeing people or cars that might normally be there that time of day. (I just recently saw a tutorial on how to do that, so, that's where my mind went).
Looking at the image further is a distinct contrast between the left side - Bright yellows and palm trees vs the right side with a more industrial look. I like the shutter/gated-style entryway of the doors on the right, but they are too far away to be of much interest at this distance.
(Nitpicking....The blue utility waste receptacle at the stop sign at the cross street could easily have been erased.)
So, my suggestion would be to concentrate on either side of the street and focus on the colors and/or trees - or the interesting door ways of the small businesses on the "Industrial" side. Posted: 03/27/2025 01:51:56
My very first thought upon seeing this image was how "sterile" it is. I then though that maybe you used a very dark ND filter to have a long exposure and eliminate seeing people or cars that might normally be there that time of day. (I just recently saw a tutorial on how to do that, so, that's where my mind went).
Looking at the image further is a distinct contrast between the left side - Bright yellows and palm trees vs the right side with a more industrial look. I like the shutter/gated-style entryway of the doors on the right, but they are too far away to be of much interest at this distance.
(Nitpicking....The blue utility waste receptacle at the stop sign at the cross street could easily have been erased.)
So, my suggestion would be to concentrate on either side of the street and focus on the colors and/or trees - or the interesting door ways of the small businesses on the "Industrial" side. Posted: 03/27/2025 01:51:56