Shower Architecture by jyokota

Shower Architecture

I focused on getting a b&w architectural photo today after I quickly read the description for the "Flash of Red" theme. I read the part where today was within the week for "architectural walk, in town or in house" so I took this photo of the shower door hardware. Again, practicing with the 50mm, f/1.4 lens. Well, the moral of the story is that you should read the directions carefully, digest it, read it again and then participate. The theme is b&w all month, and a flash of red on Valentine's Day. Duh. No wonder the theme is named as it is. Oh, well. I was inspired by Paul's "Cutting Edge Technology" photo on February 3 at http://365project.org/steampowered/365/2013-02-03
Thank you Junko, I feel honoured to be mentioned and I am glad that I could inspire you in some way. You have done a fabulous job here - much better DoF wise than my offering and very subtle B&W tones. I love it. Fav coming your way right now!
February 7th, 2013  
@steampowered -- THANKS for the FAV! And truly, I found your photo of the can opener gears to be the inspiration for looking more closely at function for its beauty. While I especially liked the range of colors shown in the metal of your photo, mine is satiny and a contrast from yours. Both turned out ok, though!
February 8th, 2013  
Well, I like both of yours! @steampowered @jyokota
February 8th, 2013  
Nice shot, a love the depth of field.
February 8th, 2013  
@jyokota Hi Junko! Do you remember our discussion about colour profiles and pictures looking wrong? I have just received an email from one of my regular companies that contact me and here is a tip that they had there:

Photoshop Tipp
The right way to save pictures for the Internet

"Great picture that you uploaded - but the colors look a bit strange ..." Haven't we all heard this at some time?

The reason is quickly found, if you know a little about how browsers deal with color information. Under Mac OS X in the standard browser Safari, everything is fine, but Windows users with Internet Explorer can only shake their heads. Although IE usually processes almost all the picture information, it rejects the color space and automatically assumes sRGB. If the original image has been saved in color space AdobeRGB(1998), the forced sRGB will display a distorted saturation - the same values but to a different scale.

A comparable effect would be experienced if you would interpret distances on a kilometre-based map as miles. Everyone can imagine how little agreement there would be between the given distances and reality.

To avoid a false interpretation by the program ignoring the color space, it is best to speak the language which is required anyway. In this case, it means that images which are intended for the Internet should best be supplied in sRGB. In the screen-shot you can see the settings which skilfully avoid this problem. In the function "Save for web" you should always activate the option "Embed color profile" and then the function "Convert to sRGB". Finally, in the preview you click on "Internet-Standard-RGB (without color management)" and then you will see the colors exactly as they will generally be seen on the monitor of a normal user with Internet Explorer.
February 8th, 2013  
Excellent work, very appropriate for the challenge.
February 8th, 2013  
Fabulous composition and beautiful focus. Very well done
February 8th, 2013  
Fantastic focus and b&w conversion!!
February 8th, 2013  
fabulous DOF and processing!
February 8th, 2013  
@lkread @automaticslim @roadshow @egad @jenrobcarr -- Many thanks for your wonderfully supportive comments!

February 9th, 2013  
@steampowered -- Taken note. Thanks for the very detailed directions. I'll need to read, reread and digest and then try it out. I truly appreciate your research and help!
February 9th, 2013  
Well done, the B&W is great
February 10th, 2013  
Neat shot. Great dof!
February 10th, 2013  
Great B+W. Simply done and beautifully executed.
February 12th, 2013  
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