High Contrast Multi-tasking by CoreyBlack

Photography • (none) • posted on Apr 22, 2012

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I'm feeling particularly adventurous today, so when preparing this picture I decided to push the contrast into the high numbers; not unlike a child twiddling with the "Picture" knobs on an old TV. Gee, if this keeps up I might do something really radical like order onions on my cheeseburger, or cross the street in the middle of the block. Anyway, I was doing the dreaded "multi-tasking, (who comes up with these stupid buzz phrases?); which entailed trying to keep my cell phone conversation quietly polite, in the middle of attempting to work on a particularly cranky bit of writing, finish what Raymond Chandler considered to be his best novel, AND take a picture. Hmmmmmmm, not bad for a cripple. How 21st Century of me. And people say I'm stuck in the Seventies... Photographed inside The Perfect Cup in the Ravenswood area of Chicago on April 21st, 2012.

Comments (13)

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Chipka

5:12PM | Sun, 22 April 2012

This is the quintessential coffeehouse view. I love the fact that it hasn't really chanced since the early 1990s...okay, hairstyles have changed a bit, but the overall vibe is the same. That's a good thing. I love the light in this and the way it plays on the texture of the book cover, the table, and shines in an almost otherworldly way through the main window. Great sense of color. Upping contrast usually adds an extra pop to photos, which is what I like...realism is good, but sometimes a bit of exaggeration captures the essence of something more than realism ever could. This rocks.

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blinkings

5:20PM | Sun, 22 April 2012

God Corey now I feel like a coffee! What catches my eye is the guy sitting with the pretty girl............giving the 'long goodbye' on the phone to someone ELSE! The plague of our times!

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mgtcs

6:20PM | Sun, 22 April 2012

Amazing lighting here, excellent work!

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Sea_Dog

9:05PM | Sun, 22 April 2012

Wow! Amazing work - a superb combination of elements and great DOF. Well done.

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kgb224

10:36PM | Sun, 22 April 2012

Superb capture and post work Corey. God Bless.

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beachzz

12:41AM | Mon, 23 April 2012

Love the high contrast---really makes this shot special--and yeah, now I need coffee too!!

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auntietk

12:50AM | Mon, 23 April 2012

You're not stuck in the seventies, you just enjoy visiting there from time to time. (More than most people?) :) Anyone with a cell phone in a coffee shop isn't any sort of throwback at all. We're just old, my dear! :P I find it to be quite relaxing. The contrast looks great! It takes the scene and makes it extra-ordinary. Highlighting the ordinary-ness of the place, of the people, of what's going on there, and in places just like it, everywhere across the country. It makes the image sort of archtypal, if you know what I mean. Nicely done! (That's too many commas, but it's just a comment and I can't be bothered to clean up my syntax when I know you know what I mean anyway.) If you're feeling crazy, go with the onions instead of crossing the street in the middle of the block. There might be some spaced-out driver coming just then who has no respect for crippled jaywalkers. :P

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