{"id":1801,"date":"2011-05-08T21:46:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T04:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2011-08-29T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T23:20:34","slug":"two-curvy-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/08\/two-curvy-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Curvy Ladies…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I hooked up again with the Illuminate Workshops Meetup Group<\/a> downtown. We met in Capitol Hill, close to the Governor’s Mansion, just before the sunset. I was parked a half-mile from the meeting venue. Meandering down, I walked down the alley behind Le Central (a restaurant serving French cuisine). The alley was adorned with this fabulous mural.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0007-Le-Central-Alley-Mural\"<\/a>

Le Central Alley Mural<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearby was this dumpster with some interesting graffitti.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0010-Dumpster-Duck\"<\/a>

Dumpster Duck<\/p><\/div>\n

Rounding the corner, I had arrived at the meeting venue, where several photographers were awaiting the arrival of the group leader (Efrain). After a briefing, we headed towards Lincoln St. At the bus shelter was this one individual bopping away to his music, oblivious to the photogs behind him.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0031-Waiting-For-The-Bus\"<\/a>

Waiting For The Bus<\/p><\/div>\n

As the sun set behind the city buildings, sodium street lamps became alive. These two parking meters, looking like a pair of Curvy Ladies, basked in the orange street lights.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0036-Two-Curvy-Ladies\"<\/a>

Two Curvy Ladies<\/p><\/div>\n

Heading north, I passed in front of Le Central restaurant. The neon light provided some illumination to the scene. It was just too much to handle, so I decided on a series of images for HDR processing. After processing, I felt this image was more effective with a monochrome conversion as well. The light from the neon, and the distant street lights, brought out the texture of the sacks.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0052_7-Le-Central\"<\/a>

Le Central<\/p><\/div>\n

The patio out front has a patterned fence, adorned in red, white and blue – also the colors of the French flag.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0060-Patterned-Fence\"<\/a>

Patterned Fence<\/p><\/div>\n

The north wall of the restaurant has two glass faced cases containing wine bottles.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0070-Who-Drank-My-Wine\"<\/a>

Who Drank My Wine<\/p><\/div>\n

Continuing north along Lincoln, I passed by a couple of night clubs. Across the street is the Beauvallon apartment complex. The lights from the night club across the street cast a purple light on the unlit walls of the building.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0114-Purple-And-White\"<\/a>

Purple And White<\/p><\/div>\n

Rounding the corner on Tenth Ave, I passed this wall containing glass tiles. Lighting from the inside of this building made interesting patterns in the glass.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0120-Wall-Of-Glass-Tiles\"<\/a>

Wall Of Glass Tiles<\/p><\/div>\n

It was about time to head back to the meeting location at the end of the Meetup. In contrast to the bright lights along Lincoln, this street was dark, with a occasional brightly lit doorways.\u00a0 This door cast shadow rings on the ground.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0136-Shadow-Rings\"<\/a>

Shadow Rings<\/p><\/div>\n

Parking in the this area of Denver can difficult to find. However, I did find one brightly lit parking garage that was totally empty. The dynamic range of light was just to much, so I made several images to create an HDR rendition.<\/p>\n

\"1032-0145_9-Empty-Parking-Garage\"<\/a>

Empty Parking Garage<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearby was another parking lot that was empty. Now which way was I going? To the left or to the right?<\/p>\n

\"1032-0150-Arrow-Left-Or-Arrow-Right\"<\/a>

Arrow Left Or Arrow Right<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, I arrived at Governor’s Tavern, meeting some stragglers from the Meetup group. We enjoyed a beer before heading home after a fun evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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