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Photo: Light the Way

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-09-14T17:58:42Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: automobiles, black, canon rebel xti, conceptual, contrast, dark, light the way, lights, night, orange, sigma ef 105mm 1:2.8, vignetting, white, yellow, 0 Comments. 172 words.

Light the Way

A car with yellow headlights illuminates the road on a dark, cloudy evening.

This car had lights that were unusually colored. I bet they had a yellow filter over them, but they looked brighter than normal too.

For editing, I decided to go with really warm colors, much more so than the actual scene. It gives a better mood than bluish tones. Also, I dodged the ground to make it look like the headlights are brighter, while adding contrast and burning the corners to make the scene more eye-catching. Because I shot this at ISO400, I brought …

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Photo: In the Fog

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-07-20T16:00:44Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: b&w, black, canon rebel xti, conceptual, contrast, dark, ef 50mm 1:1.4, fog, grain, in the fog, lights, night, white, 0 Comments. 100 words.

In the Fog — foggy traffic lights in black and white

This is what it feels like to live in the fog all the time. Took this of some green traffic lights at night. How did I get the fog? I blew on the lens, and the condensation made the photo turn out like this, no fog required.

I added a ton of contrast, burned in the sides, and switched to black and white. The added contrast amplified the noise considerably, so this is a noisy image. It works because of the lack of color, though.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, …

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