December 19, 2008. 1400 block of Girard Street NW. An apartment building in the Columbia Heights section of Washington DC viewed through a rain covered window.
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My decision to post the above photograph was prompted by the weather this morning.
While working one day I looked out the window and decided to photograph what I saw as a gloomy day.
Using my perception of “gloomy” to drive my composition, I chose a white balance of fluorescent to give the image a feeling of “the blues”. Since I wanted to communicate a mood instead of the details of the scene, I threw the image out of focus to militate any details that a viewer may get caught up in.
During processing in Lightroom, sine I capture in RAW, I had to to reapply the fluorescent white balance setting. I then applied noise reduction and used lens vignetting to darken the corners.
EXIF Data
Subfile Type: Full-resolution Image
Image Width: 3072
Image Height: 2304
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Compression: Uncompressed
Photometric Interpretation: RGB
Image Description: December 19, 2008. 1400 block of Girard Street MW. An apartment building in the Columbia Heights section of Washington DC viewed through a rain covered window.
Make: SONY
Camera Model Name: DSC-V3
Strip Offsets: 29088
Samples Per Pixel: 3
Rows Per Strip: 2304
Strip Byte Counts: 21233664
X Resolution: 300
Y Resolution: 300
Planar Configuration: Chunky
Resolution Unit: inches
Modify Date: 2009-06-18 10:26:23 GMT
Artist: Sam D’Amico
Copyright: (C) Sam D’Amico
Exposure Time: 1/125
F Number: 4.0
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO: 200
Exif Version: 0221
Date/Time Original: 2008-12-19 13:26:19 GMT
Create Date: 2008-12-19 13:26:19 GMT
Shutter Speed Value: 1/125
Aperture Value: 4.0
Max Aperture Value: 2.8
Metering Mode: Spot
Light Source: Fluorescent
Flash: Off
Focal Length: 13.9mm
File Source: Digital Camera
Scene Type: Directly photographed
Custom Rendered: Normal
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual
Scene Capture Type: Standard
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