photography | november 01, 2009 | things i saw

Image Title: M. York
Time Stamp: 3:05pm
Location: Jericho, Vermont, Vermont
Photographer: Michael McKennedy

M. York (click for larger view)

Description: This afternoon I shot some photos in a cemetery in Jericho, Vermont. I achieved the look of this photograph via various levels of post processing.  I began by creating a duplicate layer of the original.  Then I messed with the contrast, saturation and curves (and probably a few other settings)  until I got the desired background look. Then I selected the top layer (the duplicate) and erased everything but the grave stone. Then I adjusted the contrast for the graves stone to make it pop out of the photo.  Then I put a Gaussian blur on the background layer.  And there you have it.   Today’s image of the day.

About the project: The ‘Things I Saw’ photography project began January 7, 2008. Since then I have shot, edited and posted one photograph per day – every day. As of October 01, 2009 I had taken a total of 22109 images, 634 of them made it to the Things I Saw photo gallery. Take a look at all of Things I Saw photo galleries here.