Toronto got hit with a snow storm today. I tried a few shots of snowy downtown streets, with vehicles or people slogging through the snow. They would have worked out okay. But I at one point I looked up. I've heard that as a suggestion to don't just look at what is 'the main subject', but look elsewhere too - look behind you, look down and look up.
This is the TD Tower on Wellington Street. The sky is white with snow and the tower is a bold black. The speckled and darkenend perimeter is, in concept, a reflection of the dirty snow on the streets.
Black and white conversion was once again done in Silver Efex Pro. I used a film simulation "Kodak TMAX Pro 400". What does that mean? Well, the software transforms the digital image to approximate what it would have looked like if I had used the TMAX type film. Or at least that is what I am told - I never shot with that film for real so can't really say. I do like the result regardless. The darkenend corners was created by adding a vignette in Photoshop Lightroom.
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1/320 f/1.4 ISO 400 EF50mm f/1.4 USM @ 50 mm Canon EOS 40D
Wellington and York,Toronto,Ontario
This is the TD Tower on Wellington Street. The sky is white with snow and the tower is a bold black. The speckled and darkenend perimeter is, in concept, a reflection of the dirty snow on the streets.
Black and white conversion was once again done in Silver Efex Pro. I used a film simulation "Kodak TMAX Pro 400". What does that mean? Well, the software transforms the digital image to approximate what it would have looked like if I had used the TMAX type film. Or at least that is what I am told - I never shot with that film for real so can't really say. I do like the result regardless. The darkenend corners was created by adding a vignette in Photoshop Lightroom.
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1/320 f/1.4 ISO 400 EF50mm f/1.4 USM @ 50 mm Canon EOS 40D
Wellington and York,Toronto,Ontario
2 comments:
Very nicely shot. The composition and the B&W conversion work perfectly. I've shot (not recently) with TMAX Pro 400 in a TLR although for the life of me I'm not sure I could tell the difference outright between different films.
Great idea on the 365. Are you going to stick to the 50mm for the full year or do various themes?
I am only planning on the 50mm theme for one week. But it is a convient size so I expect to use it a lot, but under different themes.
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