Wall-Eyed

Sue's photo prompt for yesterday involved walls, so we went downtown where there is known to be a wall or two. I thought that I would do something similar to Sue and look for walls with doorways or windows that might emphasize simple shapes and textures. I envisaged converting them to contrasty b&w and really enhancing the gritty texture of walls in edit. I thought that I would render all of the photos in similar fashion. However, when it came down to it, I didn't do anything like that once I had the photos in front of me on the computer  

This wall is a soft, muted green. I made the wall longer that it really was on the right to place the door off-centre in a pano-style photo. I rather like the simplicity, but I do realize that many viewers would see nothing in this or the other photos.

I photographed the door in the wall of a craft brewery in town, keeping it soft and actually de-emphasizing texture, and I deliberately employed some extra warping in post enhancing the fact that it was somewhat warped already, or it looked a bit that way in the original photo.

This is an almost unused door in townhall. This photo is, in fact, b&w but with some tonality as well.

An old wall with windows that I processed with a very soft look despite it being b&w, which I originally intended to make gritty. It looks a bit like a drawing. I liked that at first but not so much now although it looks still looks pretty good when it fills my big computer screen.

I might as well add a few others from the day. They are a little different than the ones above. The first has wide-angle distortion, which I don't mind every now and then.

Lots of everything in this next shot. Something about it appeals to me. Once again, it is not for everyone.

Fresh paint needed on this add-on behind a house.