Don Hill  

S.F. Waterfront by Don Hill

July 2024 - S.F. Waterfront

July 2024 - Don Hill

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Hey Everyone, Happy July. It is going to be 111 degrees this week so I thought I would work on some editing. I Listen to a lot of music and most of what I listen to has been remastered (reworking the original using today’s technology). On an outing to San Francisco I captured over 200 images of building in the financial district. I have started going through each image to apply what I feel is my style. I am a big fan of Richard Greene, a retired professional Violin player, turned Architectural photographer. He lives in L.A. and is in his 90’s. I love Abstract Photography (I love our group member Catherine’s abstract stuff).

This image was shot at ISO 100 at F/11 @1/125sec shutter speed. focal length is 28mm I put it in Adobe Camera Raw and did all that Slider stuff and then opened it in Nik’s HDR module. I obviously did some cropping and Cloning. I like a sort of grungy look for my buildings (sort of a Nirvana thing).

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8 comments posted

Henry Roberts   Henry Roberts
Well, yes Don, in 114 degree heat, indoor editing is more enjoyable than tramping blistering concrete.

I appreciate your and Catherine's abstract images and look forward to them. Your work here is stelar: the main buildings are abstract but in the lower left corner you have included a snippet of historic San Francisco. So an image that is both abstract but with a touch of reality. Nice combination! And the post processing you have done works!

  Posted: 07/17/2024 15:54:59
Don Hill   Don Hill

Thanks Henry, I love combining Old and new and Buildings and abstract. My wife is a quilter and I help her with selecting colors and I am always looking at abstract patterns. San Francisco is a perfect example of old buildings mixed with new ones. My editing skills have evolved as some of the plugins have gotten more interesting, and My lenses are not super sharp so I like more of a grungy look. Your comments have given me an idea of combining the old and the new. Thanks again for the comments.   Posted: 07/17/2024 21:28:59
Catherine Honigsberg   Catherine Honigsberg
Wow this a one to hang on the wall. Love the colors and the mix of old and new. That chevron with all the colors of your photo as a stripe is stunning.   Posted: 07/19/2024 17:06:08
Julie Deer   Julie Deer
Hi Don, you have created a stunning image here. I really like the treatment of the buildings and wouldn't change anything.   Posted: 07/20/2024 06:06:46
Andrew Hersom   Andrew Hersom
This is great shot, almost abstract. You've done a good job processing it, must have been a lot of work. Only criticism there is a large "dot" bottom left which catches the eye which might be better cloned out. Just a thought.   Posted: 07/21/2024 07:45:32
Don Hill   Don Hill
Hey Andrew thanks for the nice comments. Good point. I will take out the dot.   Posted: 07/21/2024 13:41:51
Janice Solomon   Janice Solomon
Hi Don, I really like what you did with this image. It's very interesting! I thought that the lines were crooked, but it's a "trick". They're all perfectly straight. Very cool. Great job on cropping and post processing.   Posted: 07/22/2024 16:38:52
Don Hill   Don Hill
Thanks Janice. The most difficult thing in architectural photography is getting the aspects and all the lines to work. I spent a lot of time, even though there are aids such as sections in Photoshop and adobe camera and I have some other plug-ins. The bottom line is it's real time consuming. I do appreciate your comments. By the way, I still have pictures on my wall and in my computer that every time I look at them, I think that's crooked.   Posted: 07/22/2024 16:42:34