Red, White, And Blue

 

This doorway at the edge of Cole Valley caught my eye for the owner's choice of colors. There have been a number of houses painted in colors one wouldn't see in, say, Mill Valley, but here in the epicenter of youthful creativity, we have this home. I was taken by the fact that two of the primary colors, red and blue(ish) were part of the color pallet, and two of the six colors whose saturation and lightness can be adjusted in post production.

The relationship between the bluish-gray walls and the red door are not so pronounced in real life. With the white balance set for Cloudy and the camera left to determine the proper exposure, I got this image of a yoga devote going home for breakfast after a grueling morning of downward dog. While a white balance setting of Open Shade might have been more appropriate, the flesh tones have been rendered reasonably well. But the lead image, minus the human presence, allowed me to change the brightness and saturation of both the red door and the blue(ish) walls to get an image whose colors are a bit more abstract, and to my mind, more pleasing.

As the Bay Area emerges to the Covid-induced isolation, I've actually been getting assignments from the Journal, but now they center on individuals rather than awards given at fund-raising events. I'll be adding some assignment posts shortly.