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First Baptist of Philly

© Michelle Alton

First Baptist of Philly

Uploaded: June 28, 2010

Description


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At South 17th Street between Sansom and Moravian. The First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was founded in 1698, just a few years after William Penn founded the city. The church is an adaptation of Byzantine and Romanesque architectural styles. The exterior was made with Holmesburg granite, and the trimmings with Worcester stone.
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The cyclist dismounted and walked his bicycle past the church! He was so color coordinated with the magnificent red doors!
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The building needed straightening in this shot, and I used, primarily, the "transform perspective" tool in Photoshop CS4. Because that took away a piece of the lower left corner, the Vanishing Point filter was used to fill in the "blank" part. The original will be available in the discussion area.
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Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/80 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 125, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 24.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D

Comments

Michelle Alton June 28, 2010

The original image before straightening. #1282816

Mary K. Robison June 28, 2010

What a difference editing tools can make! Beautiful church, Michelle, and the mention about the cyclist is a bonus. #8720595

BILLY R. PARKER June 28, 2010

GREAT SHOT MICHELLE !! LOVE THE RED !! BILLY #8720606

Paul E. Earl June 28, 2010

Gotta love the digital darkroom to rescue otherwise lost images!! A terrific image! #8720639

Aimee S. McMaster June 28, 2010

...wonderful work as always Michelle...love the red of the doors & helmet...great texture & interest... #8720642

Jyri Vissak June 28, 2010

Great composition and tones! #8720653

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 28, 2010

Fanastic work with this Michelle - Great info too! Jeff #8720745

Renee Doyle June 28, 2010

Wonderful textures, pov and capture Michelle!! Excellent use of the powerful perspective tool! #8720750

Patrick Rouzes level-classic June 28, 2010

Super "eye" ,Michelle, to have spotted the "color coordination" here! Outstanding tones, textures, clarity, colors, pov & architecture captured here! Superb PS work too! WTG! #8720798

Alan L. Borror June 28, 2010

Wonderful image and great discussion, Michelle! Really appreciated the straightening information as well. #8720843

Danny B. Head June 28, 2010

Love the red doors.. this is just a little differnt from the Baptist Churches here in the South. lol Great job of adjusting the image! #8720980

Marsha S. Smith June 28, 2010

You're one smart cookie, Michelle. This is a fantastic shot and amazing the difference you made with your adjustments. #8721131

Monnie Ryan June 28, 2010

Wonderful capture, Michelle -- love the "matching" red helmet and church doors! #8721143

Tarun Bose June 28, 2010

Excellent capture, Michelle. #8721371

Jack Ryan June 28, 2010

Well composed...excellent lines and colors...nicely done. #8721381

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic June 28, 2010

Beautiful!! #8721472

Mike Clime June 28, 2010

Great capture of these beautiful doors! I have one in my files of all three. #8721767

John Connolly June 28, 2010

Excellent DD work here Michelle! The colors and textures are also very notable! #8721991

Laura E. Swan level-classic June 28, 2010

BEAUTIFUL!!! And what a great job of getting it straightened! WOW!

-Laura #8722086

MELODIE C. ROBERTS June 28, 2010

Isn't it great when everything comes together?? ;0)

Sensational work Mickey
The red is Awesome!! #8722296

David Phalen June 28, 2010

Awesome work Michelle!! Love the POV, colors and clarity!! #8722383

Ann Coates level-classic June 28, 2010

After seeing your before and after shot I think I need one of those transform perspective tools. How amazing and clever. Love this shot with the colour coordinated cyclist and the red doors. Beautiful Michelle. #8722400

Karen Engelbreth June 28, 2010

Great job Michelle- wonderful re doors and capture... #8722477

Ujjwal Mukherjee June 29, 2010

Wonderful work, on and off the camera,Michelle! A very impressive end result!! #8722588

Dick W. Wyatt June 29, 2010

The colors make this one jump right out and grab you !!

Another great image from the city.. #8722636

Carolyn J. Connolly June 29, 2010

Michelle, the design elements displayed in this historic old church (wow, 1698!) are just beautiful...and I love the red doors and helment, and the textures, lighting details and composition, too!! Exceptional digital darkroom work here as well, my friend!! :o) #8722730

Rona L. Schwarz June 29, 2010

Love the textures of the building and those great red doors and the cyclist, Michelle! But really appreciate the information about the straightening...I have recently discovered the transform tool, but am not familiar with the vanishing point filter - must check it out! #8723642

Amanda J. Tanner level-classic June 29, 2010

Wonderful work Michele. I love the red doors it adds a lot of character to the structure. Very nice work! #8723811

Kathleen Brennan June 29, 2010

Love the POV and those wonderful reds! #8724041

anonymous June 29, 2010

Outstanding. Love the angle, textures and colors. I'm so jealous. I want to go to Philadelphia so bad. I'd have so much fun photographing EVERYTHING. lol #8724249

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic June 29, 2010

Church doors are such a visual delight. I love these! #8724458

ALLEN O. HOWARD June 29, 2010

Great work straightening the image. Once again the colors and details are awesome and the textures are wonderful! Well done! #8724613

Robert K. Bemus level-classic June 29, 2010

Beautiful comp, color and amazing effect, Michelle!! They just don't build 'em like they used to... #8724770

Carolyn McIntosh June 30, 2010

This is gorgeous . . .love the red and the red helmet is just so fitting. Great post-processing. #8726349

Tommy E. Burgess June 30, 2010

Another truly fantastic capture Michelle!! Your captures of the buildings in Philly have all been amazing in my opinion. Beautiful work as always! #8726833

Marilyn K. Lincecum level-classic July 01, 2010

Beautiful building and beautiful work. Michelle..can you tell me why a lot of the church's in Philadelphia have red doors? I noticed them when we were there last summer, but could not find anyone who seemed to know the reason. By the way...I love the red doors. #8728448

Renata Gusciora July 01, 2010

:-)Red doors!:-) Awesome capture,fantastic clarity,color and composition,Michelle!Thanks for the link!:-) #8728913

Phyllis H. Burchett July 03, 2010

Fantastic eye and color coordination Michelle! #8732889

Eva Pastor July 09, 2010

Outstanding!!
You've convinced me that I need to upgrade to CS4! That "transform perspective" tool is great.
(We still need to hook up ne day for a lunchtime photo walk!) #8744222

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