This appears to be authorized graffiti art on a building at the corner of Thirteenth Street and Queens Plaza South. The curving overpass is for an exit ramp off the Queensboro Bridge, which has a complicated set of access and exit points on the Queens side. I kept the processing pretty clean and simple, although I brushed in some Bleach Bypass from Nik Color Efex on the graffiti walls themselves. Other than that, I applied the Kodachrome 64 effect, also from Nik Color Efex, and the Pro Contrast filter to improve the color cast. I also used Nik’s Viveza 2 to selectively add saturation and structure to the sky and clouds.
Heath O'Fee
31 Mar 2011Love the clarity and those vibrant colours!
Chris Nitz
31 Mar 2011I’m enjoying the contrasting colors on the walls. I like how the main wall in this shot has such bright graffiti work, while the wall exiting the frame on the left has some dark work on it. Great job on this shot!
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Toad Hollow Photography
31 Mar 2011I love your image today, Mark! The lines you’ve composed lead us through the scene and allow us to soak in the details in some of the more subtle elements that make this a complete image. Love it, my friend, great capture!!
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Steve Beal
31 Mar 2011I am digging the leading lines and colors in this image. Great find!
Chris Kenison
31 Mar 2011Great composition, Mark! Those colors are SO vivid and the overall image is just… crisp. Well done!
Scott Wood
31 Mar 2011Great image. Love the color of the graffiti on the wall.
John Sotiriou
31 Mar 2011Awesome perspective & processing. Why do you think this graffiti is authorized?
Mark
31 Mar 2011Thanks all for the positive feedback and support.
John, the main reason I think the graffiti is authorized is the lettering which you can maybe make out here in orange to the right of the door. It says “Art Info,” followed by a telephone number. Second, none of the graffiti is done over other graffiti. It is all very clean. Also, the material to the left of the photograph is all fairly high quality. The face you see on the left edge is fairly representative. Finally, it’s all more complex than just a tag, where some idiot writes their name or nickname, like you can see on the base of the side of the bridge support to the right.
Ryan Sexton
1 Apr 2011Great shot, I love how the colors just pop out at you.
Jason Hines
1 Apr 2011Awesome shot! Great details and I love that you included the do not enter sign.
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graffiti art
7 Apr 2011Really nice graffiti wall, i like color collections you have used and the theme of the graffiti is really grate thanks again to post it on your blog.