I have seen a few of these now in my various travels, and I just think they are a very good idea, a nice use of the iconic phonebox no longer in use:
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For my edit, I wanted to take out some of the distracting elements and create a more vintage looking photo. To create the crop I used the line of bricks on the left, which was enough to remove the black street poles and the partial window above the defibrillator. I used a vintage preset for the vintage look but then added back in the hue and saturation of the reds because I didn’t want to lose that iconic red completely in the interpretation. I also put some clarity back into the edit and darkened the corners more than the preset had. Here is the result:
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What do you think of my interpretation? Do you also use presets as a starting point for editing? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Here was my slightly different take posted on Instagram:
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Added in a bit of a cheeky way to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Power Lines.
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Love the power lines connection and great idea to have the
Defibrillator in there
And of all the versions – I like the one with as much of the red booth as possible –
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Yes, there is something about that red!
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😊
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I thought this was a Six Word Saturday when I first saw it, but I agree- good use of a phone box 🙂 🙂
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I didn’t even think of the six word Saturday, that would have been a good way to post this 🙂
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great idea
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I agree, you see little libraries in them sometimes as well, which also appeals to me.
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Interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
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🙂
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Nice job with the edit. And I think it’s so neat that they’ve repurposed the boxes and didn’t just get rid of them!
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Yes, I love the idea of reusing something instead of just getting rid of it.
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Wonderful choice for a photo for this week. Thanks for playing. 😀
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Thanks for hosting Cee 🙂
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I use Lightroom presets and like the fact that there is an option to roll back the full effect – as a Londoner I take these for granted but photographing that red can be challenging – I do like your Insta one
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Yes, I really like that presets can be used as a starting point.
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Nice photo! Methinks it would a good extra that if you had to use this it would call 999 at the same time. It *is* a phone booth after all 😉 .
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Interesting that you mention that, now I’m wondering if it is in some way automatically connected into emergency services.
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It looks great! The only thing I might have changed myself – if I’d spotted it! – is the reversed numbers in the reflection. That’s me being pedantic 😉
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So, yes I noticed it, but I didn’t fix it. Interestingly, I didn’t notice it until after I made the crop, perhaps because I had cut a lot of other “busy” details out at that point. Just wondering how you would have approached removing the numbers?
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I’d probably have sampled the background colour and then used the paint pot fill before tidying up any specks with the blemish removal tool. But then again, I too might not have bothered 😉
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Ok, cool, I just always am curious how different people would approach a “problem” like this.
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Of course I like the cropping and the way the vintage look attenuates the color clash between reddish brown bricks and the repurposed phone booth. (Nice new purpose.) I do like the booth’s original bright clear red better than the reddish orange, which is a fine color but not what I think of as the British phone booth color. Full disclosure: I live on the other side of The Pond and have only spent a few days in Britain, long ago.
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Yes, the “real” red is a distinctive one!
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How fabulous they are putting defibrillators in them now! I like the edits with lots of red!
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Yes, I think it’s a fabulous idea and great reuse of the structure.
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Love the repurposing and your edits are always inspiring. 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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Genius idea for the empty phone booths , thank you
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I think so!
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