St. Peter Street Balcony – Photo
The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter. This abstract was a happy accident in Photoshop.

St. Peter Street Balcony – Photo

I was playing around with an image I captured of a St. Peter balcony in Photoshop (CC 2015.5) today, messing around with some filters when the image went berzerkoid on me. I'm actually intrigued by the way my image was morphed by the software so I decided to keep it and post it here. Below it you'll find what I was actually trying to get to.

I usually try to compose all my images both vertically and horizontally if I have the time. Far too often I know I'm unlikely to return and, if I do return, the scene is unlikely to be the same. In this digital world, the cost of taking and storing the second composition is negligible so I really don't see a downside. Often when I'm looking through my pre-digital slide or print collection I find myself lamenting just having the one orientation. I find it limits what I can do creatively with the image.

I captured this scene while strolling through the French Quarter of , Louisiana, back in June of 2015. The itself sits on St. Peter , about a block from Preservation Hall.

The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter. This abstract was a happy accident in Photoshop.
The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter in the French Quarter. This was a happy accident in Photoshop.

Here's what I was actually aiming for:

The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter
The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter

And here's a view of the scene:

The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter
The red umbrella makes a statement in this balcony scene from St. Peter Street in the French Quarter