The polar vortex made Boston even prettier. Fantastic tour, very complete, you covered many areas of this beautiful city. Thanks a lot!
Bay village neighbourhood with its red brick buildings and houses is lovely. Such a quiet place to live at of have a walk around! Besides, with its decoration for Christmas is so nice...
I´ve liked your aerial shots from the plane too, showing the city covered by snow.
Yes, Boston is so lovely... It has something special.
Wow. GREAT set. I love Boston so much. I can't believe how dense and mature and photogenic it is. I have never even been there. Someday; When I DO go, I want to be there for about 1 week so I can hit up some different areas and really do a lot of sightseeing. Cheers!
Your overcast Boston pictures are much better than any "sunny day" photos I've seen of Boston. Such a great moody atmosphere, I'd love to know what you are doing in post to get that effect (cause I know it doesn't come straight out of the camera).
Your overcast Boston pictures are much better than any "sunny day" photos I've seen of Boston. Such a great moody atmosphere, I'd love to know what you are doing in post to get that effect (cause I know it doesn't come straight out of the camera).
First three pictures (which are in overcast conditions) have ambiguous subject. The pic with Brighton High School in the background isn't really a picture of the high school, or is it a pic of the bit of tree and fence in the foreground. The residential street scene is similar--the most prominent thing in the pic is the back of an ordinary white car but it's not a picture of a car because there's so much else in the view-- telephone wires, trees, apartment buildings--but none of those things is really the focus of the pic. That's what I notice about those "moody" pictures.
First three pictures (which are in overcast conditions) have ambiguous subject. The pic with Brighton High School in the background isn't really a picture of the high school, or is it a pic of the bit of tree and fence in the foreground. The residential street scene is similar--the most prominent thing in the pic is the back of an ordinary white car but it's not a picture of a car because there's so much else in the view-- telephone wires, trees, apartment buildings--but none of those things is really the focus of the pic. That's what I notice about those "moody" pictures.
Well to each his own, but I have a fairly artistic background and thus tend to pay more attention to shapes, color grading, patterns - that kind of thing. Pictures that overemphasize "subject" at the expense of these other things are boring to me. A subject is a subject, and that's pretty much all there is tp it. You see it once and there is no reason to look again. A picture that focuses on more elemental aspects can be endlessly fascinating to look at.
Your overcast Boston pictures are much better than any "sunny day" photos I've seen of Boston. Such a great moody atmosphere, I'd love to know what you are doing in post to get that effect (cause I know it doesn't come straight out of the camera).
Hey man, thanks! Which overcast pictures are you talking about? The ones at the beginning have nothing more than a little vignetting added, while the Bay Village shots have some vignetting plus a very mild brown-green filter I created specifically for grey wintery days like those. Is that what you're talking about?
But by and large, the only editing I do is light level stuff...you know, make sure the blacks are black and the whites are bright. Add maybe a touch of vignetting and that's enough for me!
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Hey man, thanks! Which overcast pictures are you talking about? The ones at the beginning have nothing more than a little vignetting added, while the Bay Village shots have some vignetting plus a very mild brown-green filter I created specifically for grey wintery days like those. Is that what you're talking about?
But by and large, the only editing I do is light level stuff...you know, make sure the blacks are black and the whites are bright. Add maybe a touch of vignetting and that's enough for me!
Well there's not a whole lot in this particular set. You did one of the Bowker overpass in the rain that kinda stood out to me. It was a bit back though, maybe a year ago. There have been some others that were similar, though I like the sunny day stuff too, with the more vibrant colors.
Well there's not a whole lot in this particular set. You did one of the Bowker overpass in the rain that kinda stood out to me. It was a bit back though, maybe a year ago. There have been some others that were similar, though I like the sunny day stuff too, with the more vibrant colors.
Sorry to get back so late, but which shot are you talking about?
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Either way, both were just "presets" aka filters for Lightroom. I was pretty new to the program then and I was relying on filters for any and all effects.
The first one killed all yellow saturation while adding blue-purple color toning to both the highlights and shadows and pushing the reds more towards magenta. It's one of those filters that's super weird and only works for maybe 1% of the shots you'll take, but when it does... And the second shot has a relatively straightforward yellow-green filter...nothing too mysterious there.
PS that first shot is a personal fave. I absolutely love how it turned out!
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