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29-NOV-2007 John Prichard

Plano Centre

Plano Centre, Plano, Tx

A conference room at the Plano Centre

Canon PowerShot G9
1/160s f/4.0 at 7.4mm iso80 hide exif
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Date/Time29-Nov-2007 11:32:46
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot G9
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length7.4 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent80
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Canon DSLR Challenge14-Jan-2008 00:18
Perfect. Stop talking about the colors and we'll never know. *wink* The shadows are really great... mixing with the lines on that light thingy... really good. ~Lydia
Guest 10-Jan-2008 20:31
I love the lines in this pic.
ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 01:01
I did check the white balance to see if it was overly orange when I took the shot. Held the display up to it and it checked out correctly. However I am sure that a proper PP will tell you that it has too much warmth and take a little orange from the picture. Maybe the plaster isn't supposed to be that orange beige but that is what the sun through the skylight painted it that day. It was part of the reason I took the shot and I am pleased the G9 rendered it the way I saw it and not the way it should be. I guess I only think color balance is off when it didn't take the picture the way I saw it ... like high altitude photos having a tad more blue than what you actually see. John
Guest 07-Jan-2008 14:24
Nice comp and inter play of light and shadow. Great warmth to the light too. One this which stands out in this photo is the very slight angle you have used to shoot the wall lamps. Its not head on, its giving a 3-D effect to the whole comp. I think this is good as it, except may be the WB.
-Cat
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 15:04
I guess I wasn't wearing my glasses (sorry). And they have a nice looking convention centre, as shown in your photo.
Penny STreet
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 18:40
OK Penny you are putting me on right. P-i-ano and P-l-ano are two different words unless your screen resolution/dynamic range merges the dot in the letter "i" to make an "l". The guy who suggested the name Plano in 1873 thought the name meant "Plain" in Spanish which it is kind of flat out here. The Plano Centre is the community's convention center thus the name "Plano Centre" is the city's way of being kewl. John
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 16:58
Your son has good instincts. I think I remember him advising you about the photo at the steakhouse - and rightly so! Too bad about the pianos, but it seens like a nice place.... I wonder how it got it's name???
Penny Street
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 16:19
Thanks Rod. My son told me not to touch it which is why it is qualified for this contest and the others aren't.

Penny, Plano is a city north of Dallas. So the Plano Centre does not have pianos.
John
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 06:13
tell us about the pianos....... nice color
Penny Street
Rod 05-Jan-2008 02:17
Great interplay of lines & angles John, way to go mate:-)
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 00:14
Aha. I found one of my most minimalist of pictures. We had an off-site strategy conference at the Plano (micro-mini-convention) Centre. Very pretty pictures of a very pretty place unfortunately I have already messed with them. This is the only one I didn't mess with. I loved the brick texture and its shadow. I kept hoping the session would end and everybody would clear out of the room so that I could take this un-noticed. Unfortunately my boss and another wandered back in and wondered why the heck I would take a picture of a wall and what I was doing with a camera in my pocket anyway. John