A Rainy Day In the Columbia Heights Section of Washington DC.

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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

Bits Per Sample: 8 8 8

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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