What I Am Working On: Repurposing

I love when I come across these repurposed phone boxes:

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Others I have seen are book lending or libraries and a town information booth.  This particular photo was taken on what ended up being my last walk with a rambling group I am in. It was shot on my iPhone. Edited in Luminar, I have applied the Luminar Look, “Divine”, then boosted the matte slider and edited the vignette to my liking.

This post is a response to One Word Sunday, Communication and Tuesday Photo Challenge, Connection.

The Made with Luminar Series

This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts includes any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks

You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.

Cheers!

From Phone Line to Life Line

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:

ISO 25 4.15mm f/2/2 1/230sec

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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Just thought this was a cool repurpose of a #phonebooth #defibrillator

A post shared by Amy Maranto (@marantophotography) on Jun 11, 2018 at 6:48am PDT

Cheers!

Added in a bit of a cheeky way to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Power Lines.