Without a doubt, my favorite streets in all of Houston are North and South Boulevards near the Museum District. Both streets are lined with these great old (very old) live oaks with a brick walkway down the middle of the median. I think that the red bricks, the green grass and the live oaks make for a very striking picture.
The problem with photographing these streets is the sunlight that filters through the trees. I tried to eliminate this problem as much as possible by photographing the street late in the evening.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 at 50mm with a warm polarizing filter attached, shot at ISO 200, f/13 and 1/10th 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 to add contrast to shadows, mid-tones and highlights and then added slight vignette and added boarder using onOne Photo Frame Pro.
