July 16, 2009

In and Around Houston #4

Not far from Alice’s Cafe is Henderson Food Market. The second that I saw it, I thought of the many small neighborhood markets that were around Fort Smith, Arkansas when I was growing-up. I think the signs on the Henderson Food Market say it all about what is important: Beer Cigarettes Grocery.

I wanted the photo to look like it might have been taken 50 years ago—when the signs would have read considerably different. I thought that a boarder would help achieve this look. As I was working on this one, I thought that it might be very interesting to see photos of the market taken every five years since it was originally built.

Enjoy.

Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm with a polarizing filter attached, shot at ISO 200, f/9.5 and 1/125th of a second on a tripod.

Post Processing:

Lightroom—Set white and black points, added mid-tone contrast, clarity.

Photoshop—ran nik Color Efex Pro tonal contrast filter on the butterfly to add contrast to shadows, mid-tones and highlights and added boarder using onOne Photo Frame Pro,

3 comments:

  1. I think the treatment you used was the right one for this shot. It does give it that old timey look. I don't think any other version would have worked as well.

    Nice job.

    DHaass

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  2. I agree with Doug, your edge and the sepia toning is a great treatment for this image. I am not sure that your camera and post processing information goes with this image --- I don't see a butterfly anywhere...

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  3. I like this one a lot. It reminds me of a store that I went to as a boy.
    Ted

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