As I was walking down the street in Chapel Hill, I noticed this old building. I cannot say for sure whether I was attracted to the building because of the great old textures or the sign—Rock and Roll Antiques. I do know that when I read the sign I wanted to find out more about the name. Unfortunately, the shop was closed so I was not able to find the genesis of the name. I am sure there is a really good story, but I do not know it.
I wanted to the photo to be totally about the weathered look of the building. I shot the building from an angle so that the photo would include the old signs, the tin roof and the weathered wood.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3x, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 shot at ISO 100, f/9.5 and 1/30th of a second.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set black and white points and adjusted the color balance of green, yellow, red and orange.
Photoshop—used nik Adjust to enhance details of the buildings and then added a black and white layer (created using nik Silver Efex Pro) at 40% opacity and finally sharpened the building using the high pass filter method.
I like the old Dr. Pepper signs. I hope you got some closeups of them. Your Post processing did what you wanted it to do.
ReplyDeleteAnne
Looks like vintage country. I love most all photos that contain scenes of old country settings. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteNice image.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the old country store in my home town. Like the weathered look of the building.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
You captured the essence of this building.
ReplyDeleteTed
I like the basic photo but it is a little too stylized for me.
ReplyDeleteMel