Second Look On 7th Street
Dare to wear red in a black and white world.
Although the Louisville Cardinals is the home town college basketball team in Louisville, Kentucky USA, people are so rabid insane about University of Kentucky (located in Lexington Kentucky USA) that anyone wearing the Cardinal red colors (in stead of Wildcat blue) always get a second look.
They say that in Kentucky, University of Kentucky Wildcats isn’t just about basketball, it’s a religion.
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The red penguins along the building are a marketing tactic for the art gallery housed in the building.
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Patricia L. Ba...
Great use of selective color, Helen. It’s same here about the Tarheels. My problem is that I don’t like baby blue much.
H M Bascom replied
Funny thing about this shot Patricia, it wasn’t a lot of work to do the selective color for this work. Everyone in the shot was wearing black except the two tourists. The buildings and street are gray, the fellow walking with the one wearing the Cardinal shirt, had a white tee shirt over black long sleeve shirt with blue jeans. I only had to reduce the saturation on the jeans and skin tones.
LocoCow
COmpletely Brilliant…
H M Bascom replied
You are so full of it, but thank you. LOL
Catherine Davis
Great photo
LocoCow
No really most people wouldn’t have put the vivid RED in this shot… Isee what you mean that all were wearing black but…. Still it took forsight to envision how perfect this shot woulf look with the red highlighting everything as it does….
H M Bascom replied
Wow, really thanks so very much Loco. I thought it was just so odd that the penguins are red, only one person wearing a red shirt, and the DON’T WALK sign is a red hand. I really appreciate you recognizing the elements of this shot.
ClintF
Great photo, love the clean crisp black and white along with the vivid reds.
SkyFox
This is a great piece, so very well done in selective color!
Jen Cannella
Weather or not it was difficult, it is a great shot. I love how everyone is looking at that guy…Maybe because he is crossing with a don’t walk sign on and is about to get smooshed! Like your story too!
Marion Cullen
Is that a smile I see on the dissenters face?
Made me smile anyway…never got that whole fanatical sports thing, (runs and ducks for cover). ;-)
H M Bascom replied
I have difficulty understanding the sports fanatic too. :-)
Leon Walker
Very cool Helen!!!
Kelly J
I too love the way th others are looking at him! And I am smiling with him too – We get that here with two rival football teams in the same city! What the! Not me.. i just wear beige :) Great shot helen.
tjmimagery
Very well done, you have a gift for this.
Karen Cook
That big red hand really stands out Helen! Great idea too :0)
Darren Sharp
Great S/c work!!!!
wildrider58
cool image
James J. Raven...
Great shot, Helen, I love what you have
done with the splash of color.
KatB
Go Cardinals!! Awesome shot Helen!
H M Bascom replied
Hi KatB I graduated from both UK and UofL. LOL
Michael Oubridge
Brilliant, love the selective colouring
Heloisa Castro
Beautiful photo.
martin venit
Yeah and Rick Pitino, a New Yorker is their coach. “GO BIG BLUE!”, IS UK’S cry. But who cares the shot has so many incredible themes going on. Just superb Helen.
H M Bascom replied
Hey Marty!!! Pitino left UK and now coaches UofL. How’s that for irony?
petelangman
love it Helen… love the red
Rusty Woodward...
Fabulous street scene in smalltown America!! I love it!
midzing
love everything about this shot Helen, well done
Jase812
Fantastic well done !
jlynn
Fun fantastic image and story:)
cherylc1
wonderful capture-great s/c
Adrian Donoghue
Love the look of this one Helen.
kathywaldron
nice candid shot, well doen Helen!
linda lowry
Great photo and selective coloring. I live in Lexington and don’t watch basketball, well, not since Kenny “Sky”Walker graduated a while back. How insane does that make me? My daughter is a Cards football fan. Love your composition.
Linda
skaranec1981
What an amazing photograph Helen. Great selective colouring as well as great capture of the moment. Keep up the good work
Jacqueline Bar...
that looks great!
Lee Grissett
great work!
lemank
great shot!
Hoffard
Very cool! Love the effects!
Gerard Rotse
Well done and lovely photo.
Arlene Zapata
Great job on pulling the extraordinary out of the ordinary!
mychaelalchemy
great photo…
I never could understand what the obsession with sport teams is about…to me there are far more interesting things…I know I am of the minority….
Irish
GREAT SC :)
Steve Chapple
Such clever clever work, wonderful SC.
Kathryn Potempski
yes Helen what a clever girl you are, this looks amazing, love the comp.
John Robb
Love the image you’ve captured here and the way you’ve post processed it – the S/C elements wonderfully placed and the careful work with the tones. Beautiful work Helen.
Nanmarie
This is outstanding!
abfabphoto
Love the SC and the black and white processing is great!
Cleburnus
wonderful commentary also.
hallucingenic
i love this :) specially the colors great capture!
Mia1
SUPERB SHOT. :o)
John Shortt-Smith
Great
klezedawg
I dig the selective coloring, great work
Sean Farragher
well done,,,,,,,
Tara Sheffer-A...
Wonderful!!!!!!!!
Davitt photogr...
Fab sc
DanaMS
Hahaha! Fantastic SC again! Those red birds are awesome! And that guy in a black hat turning his head – you couldn’t ask for a better model! Wonderful street shot!
H M Bascom replied
The fellow in the black hat just made this photo! Thank you for looking and taking the time to comment!
Farras Abdelnour
gorgeous manipulation of colors!
H M Bascom replied
Thank you so much!