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Eliot Crowley “Double Cross” 3/29/23

This is one of those lessons I teach and try to live by. I drove past this church in the morning of an overcast day and noticed the colors. The flat light made them stand out against the neutral white of the building. I’ve driven past this church many times on a blue-bird day and have never been struck by the scene. So, the soft flat light was the key.

Since the day, the whole day, was overcast, later that afternoon I got home and decided to go back to the corner where this is and make a few captures.

My lesson is, “Do not edit while your camera is in your hands. If it was interesting enough to pick up your camera and look through the lens, take the picture. It is cheap especially with digital. If it looked interesting enough to make you think that could be cool, get your camera and take the photo. You can’t edit it out if you never made the shot!”

The version I’m showing here was made with several shots using my Sony A1 camera and a 70-300mm lens. They were then stitched together using Lightroom’s panoramic software. Opened in  Photoshop I cleaned up small spots and areas that needed help. Back into Lightroom for further processing and here we are.