#secondlifep

Hard to keep up with these when I travel but I do my best.

I had two to choose from that I liked and decided to go with the one.

Taken with a simple iPhone 6 at the airport gate while waiting for my plane in Beijing, China.

I purposely went off level to capture the closer number with the far to give some depth element with a twist.

No cropping, just convert to b&w with the iPhone photos app and some light tweaking.

My inspiration for this weeks photo challenge was the Chuck Taylor Thursday pictures that many of the Tumblr’s that I follower participate in.

As my life experiences would have it, I’m not a Converse person, I’m a Vans person.  Kinda Beatles or Stones, Mercedes or Audi … I am sure there are lots of other analogies.  So, to get some Vans respect, I grabbed a bunch of pairs of mine, along with a shoe bag from the Vans custom shop, since a number of my pairs are custom made.

Anyhow, I took a number of shots and this is the one I disliked the least.  While I was reviewing I noticed a lack of consistency of focus, I believe a result of my playing to loose and free with the depth of field ;-)

Anyhow, a little bit of processing in lightroom and that is about it.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5 with 50mm f/1.8 lens

f/2.2, 1/60 shutter speed, room lighting

Nothing fancy for this week. Coffee. Starbucks. Yeah, I’ve been sucked into the whole “coffee experience”.

Iphone 6 with ProShot as the camera app

f2.2 (fixed on the phone) iso 32 1/10s shutter speed.

Yes!  Submission success!

Canon EOS Rebel T5, 50mm f11 1/400, converted to B&W using the NIK Collection Filters (they’re free!) and a tripod!

Credit goes to my wifey, Bee, for helping me find the best spot to capture this, as I had shared the concept but she new exactly where to find a go place to take it!