Family Christmas tradition includes spending 3-4 days between Christmas and New Years in Tennessee visiting my brother’s family – Mike, Dorine, and Eddie. We do a lot of “nothing” and enjoy every minute. And each year’s trip would not be complete without seeing our Uncle Bob, now 88. This year he schooled all of us at the pool table.
I’ve been wanting to revisit post processing of this image which was previously posted in B&W (with I still love), mainly as a personal challenge. This ATL skyline vantage point is “worn out”, but at the same time, it is a classic view. The color temperature of the sodium vapor lights on the foreground highway have an overpowering yellow cast that is often difficult to edit work with to render a final, pleasing result. Hopefully I have done justice for the skyline under siege of fog.
Thanksgiving weekend is almost over, and it was excellent. Close friends and family enjoyed a delicious meal and Thanksgiving Day visit, including a special visit from my best bud Carl (thanks for being here, bro!). We all had lots of great food through the weekend, took in a movie, hiked and enjoyed time outdoors … this (and more) makes Thanksgiving my favorite holiday. Carl and I capped his final day with a trek into the city for shooting and exploring. This quintessential vantage point of Atlanta is probably overdone, but it never really gets old to me. And on this particular evening, a low, hovering cloud layer from the prior evening’s rain made for a mostly “blah” shoot. However, it lent a certain timely mood to the chilly start of the winter holidays.