Saturday Morning In the D

Saturday morning in downtown Detroit, Michigan. I know it seems deserted, but the city did spring to life about a half an hour later. I shot this from the top of a high-rise apartment building. Detroit certainly gets its fair share of negative publicity in the press, and deservedly so...BUT the city really does seem to be rising from the ashes. There is a new and refreshing vibe downtown these days. Young professionals and artist-types are moving into the city and cafes and night spots are opening up! Now if we can just get some more jobs in the city...

The Power of Three

When I visited Great Smoky Mointains National Park this spring I made sure to visit Cades Cove. Arriving before sunrise and waiting in line at the gate, I anticipated the early dawn light illluminating the bucolic scene at Sparks' Lane...An iconic location I have visited many times in many seasons. This time I was planning on getting a variation of photos all from the same location. I captured the standard color photo that no doubt is similar to those captured by the four dozen other photographers there that spring morning. Then I switched cameras and made an infrared exposure with my dedicated-infrared D 200 camera. The result was a very cool "color" infrared photo:

In post I converted the color infrared to black and white in Nik Silver Efex 2. The result resembles a winter scene. One scene...three very different iterations.