Pictures of Sign of the Times - Pentax Optio 555 Camera

Photographer	Thilo Bayer {K:50301}
Project	#40 Street Photography	Camera Model	Pentax Optio 555
Categories	Architecture Cityscape Street	Film Format
Portfolio	Geometry & Perspectives Street Life Architecture	Lens	Pentax Optio 555 Fixed Lens
Uploaded	10/30/2004	Film / Memory Type	ISO 64
		ISO / Film Speed	0
Views	237	Shutter	1/250
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/5.6
Critiques	32	Rating	5.50 / 8 Ratings
Location	City - San Francisco State - CALIFORNIA Country - United States
About	Subject background: Chinatown, San Francisco. A street sign. A street sign that has obviously seen better times. A street sign that could tell a lot of stories from the past, good & bad ones. A street sign that will probably even be there when we're not anymore. Wisdom of age, burden of the past... A street sign. PS concept: Desaturated the colors, slight crop, tried to get an aged look. As always: Honest feedback highly appreciated.

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Kevin Collier {K:19076} 10/30/2004

Good PS work here - you really did a fine job of bringing out the detail -- I love old signs -- brings back memories I never had...See ya .. K

arwa abdullah {K:34425} 10/30/2004

Interesting about!! This image would look nice in black and white with diffused glow effect ;)
I never though about it that way when I saw a new sign!!!
I had a friend who got lights letters from an old sign fixed it and placed it in her hallway! It worked nicely with hip contemporary decorating, is that counted as recycling :P

Thilo Bayer {K:50301} 10/30/2004

Dear Arwa,

thanks a lot for the constructive words.

how do you add the diffused glow in PS?

Take care,
Thilo

Sergio Sánchez {K:2308} 10/30/2004

As usual, great story and explanation, but I agree with arwa, I believe in b&w would look better, and maybe older, so it would show better what you wanted.

Sergio

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 10/30/2004

Back to the Optio, Thilo? Nice atmosphere with the weatherbeaten sign and the high level of details. I guess I ran out of more constructive comments, so I'll leave it at this.... Not because in retaliation, of course.... Just tired;)

Cheers,

Hugo

Patrick Jacobson {K:29151} 10/30/2004

Funny title.. =) Great story and text also! I like this street image! Good work

Patrick J

arwa abdullah {K:34425} 10/30/2004

Ok its so simple, usually I like it with black and white, but can do it with any image go to filters then distort ? diffuse glow and just change the brightness grain and clearness to ur liking
Hope this helps
And hope u don?t mind my personal touch on your already good image ;)

Maria José Barres {K:11276} 10/30/2004

I like the desatured colors and increase of texture.
Very nice subject.
Greetings dear Thilo.

Maria Luisa Vial {K:36017} 10/31/2004

Excellent composition Thilo... The sign armonizes very well with the brick wall... Definetely if it could talk, it may tell us a lot of stories... It would have seen children grow up... Couples fight... Men grow old... and could teach us many things... as it is teaching now... Life goes on... a time will get to all of us...

Cheers,

MaLuisa

Kees and Carolyn {K:15193} 10/31/2004

Great capture with excellent detail!
Carolyn

Fadel J

{K:13587} 10/31/2004

I knew that this is yours before reading the name under the thumbnail! I love the colors and composition a lot, great one dear Thilo!

Jan Symank

{K:15755} 10/31/2004

Very nice " vintage " impression !
Very well seen, composed and finished in PS
Viele Gruesse
Jan

Verena Rentrop

{K:14426} 10/31/2004

Hi Thilo,

ich mag den Effekt den Du damit erreicht hast...
Verfall in PS ;)

Liebe Grüße
Verena

Stephen Bowden {K:64516} 10/31/2004

I like the PS work Thilo, it may look a little stronger in B&W but in no way does this look bad :-)

With a sign this size I guess the bakery is pretty good too, I can almost smell the food - guess it must be lunch time here lol

Best wishes,
Steve

NN {K:26787} 10/31/2004

Aged look ... well, you succeeded in doing that perfectly! Love your "street sign poem" :)

These signs make me think of capitalism. How corporations - or better, the employees, or even better, the managers - have to run just in order to stay still. Coca Cola has invaded even Russia. It?s a bloody, never-ending battle ... yet, the key to progress.

Pedro Libório {K:53855} 10/31/2004

quite interesting composition here, and it is interesting because it says almost ...we are everywhere ... Coca-Cola ....and that is indeed true. I do like the presentation and I think you have quite a nice image here..
regards.

Ursula Luschnig {K:21809} 10/31/2004

Hi Thilo,da gibts bestimmt die frischen 'fortune cookies' ,ich liebe San Francisco und China Town.
Wie wärs mit einem SF Album...was sie schon immer wissen wollten,aber...:)
Deine Ansichten sind immer etwas anders...super
LG,Ursula

Carlheinz Bayer {K:14220} 10/31/2004

Remember that sign!!! I can imagine what you did with PS, here. Nice work, bro!
C.