February 2nd: Wall outside Old Navy

Posted on 2-Feb-2008, 20:46, by Tommy Williams, under Photo a Day 2008, Photo a Day 2008: February, Photos.

Wall outside Old Navy

I noticed this as we were going into Crossroads Mall. I was drawn first by the patterns of light on the textured concrete blocks of the wall: on gray days like today I am not used to see light and texture variations like this. I did get my 29 frames in again today (46 frames) but other than the picture of the lake this morning and the pictures of Maya, I didn’t get anything interesting out of the yard. There is plenty of moss and I am always attracted to it but perhaps there was so much of it that I had nothing to contrast it with. Or something.

Shooting and processing notes
I shot this with the 17-40 F4.0 L at 39mm (I swear I thought it was all the way at the longest end of the zoom), f8, 1/250, ISO 400. I was standing right at a 4-way stop and had to wait for cars to pull through, then take the shot, then wait for the cars. I was surprised, though, because drivers actually seemed to wait for me to take a picture before they would pull up all the way. I didn’t make too many cars wait since I got the shots I wanted with just a few presses of the shutter. I did try some experiments including parts of the Old Navy sign. I’m not sure if that’s a stronger picture or not.

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3 Comments

  1. Julia says:
    4-Feb-2008 at 1:08

    Super texture! It reaches out and grabs you. I especially like it with the smooth curves of the tree cutting through it and the green at the bottom. Glad this one stayed in color, though I’m also a fan of the black and whites.

  2. Tommy Williams says:
    4-Feb-2008 at 6:57

    Glad you liked it. This is one of my favorites. The green seems essential to me: it’s more than just a contrast to the rest of the picture but I can’t find the right words to say why. Maybe that’s a good thing. Were I able to reduce it all to words, there would be no point in taking the picture.

  3. Julia says:
    5-Feb-2008 at 4:08

    I so agree about the green. The green pops out because the stone is slightly reddish and thus it adds more dimension to the photo perhaps?

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