Walking downtown July 16, 2008
Posted by tcbp in : Color Vision, Photography , add a commentYesterday Joe and I decided to wander downtown Rochester some. Our starting point was the soon to be demolished Midtown Plaza. This fabulously retro and dilapidated place was the first downtown mall in the country, and we both felt we had to take a visit there to see what it was all about. I have to admit while it was interesting to see, for the most part the overall space did nothing for me, photographically speaking. I focused on some details though and got a few shots. On top of that, getting the right color balance for that lighting was really tricky. Since I can’t tell when it looks right I just took a stab at trying to get a white balance reading off something hopefully neutral and lit by the right color of light.
After that we left, were blinded by the sunlight and headed a bit north, past the Liberty pole and to this empty shell of a church. All that is left standing of this church is the steeple and the side walls, which are all stone. Interesting, but I couldn’t really get anything out of it that interested me.
Finally we wandered back south to the abandoned Manhattan Square Park and eventually reached the Strong Museum where the big colorful walls are.
You can see the rest of that expedition in the gallery below. I will be going through more of the photos tonight and may pick a few more to put up, which will probably go in a new post.
