A Rainy Day In the Columbia Heights Section of Washington DC.
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
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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.
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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
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Metering Mode: Spot
Light Source: Fluorescent
Flash: Off
Focal Length: 13.9mm
File Source: Digital Camera
Scene Type: Directly photographed
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Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual
Scene Capture Type: Standard
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