Williams Street

USAIR · October 31, 2006

My journey started early one morning after several cups coffee.
I thought "finally a nice fall day for a bike ride".
So I headed south along the Ohio River.
After a hour or so of I came upon a sleepy little river town,I needed a break and more coffee.
When I parked the bike I looked up and this is what I saw.

And I thought hmm that name seem familiar :scratch and went in the corner store for a drink.

When I came out of the local quick shopp it struck me...viola.
And yes this is Kentucky we pronounce that work just like it's spelled.

Andy from Dgrin of course...duh

So I thought I would check out Mr.Williams street.(with my camera of course).

Here's a IR shot of Mr. Williams entire street.
Two whole blocks.

First thing I noticed was the people on Williams St. sure are a patriotic bunch.

Next I could see there was lots of beautiful fall colors on Williams St.

Now this was a surprise...I thought this was in Iowa...nope right here on Williams St.

There seemed to be everything you need on Williams St.
If you need car parts no problem.

Lawn care equipment.
Need more storage for the garage here you go.
How about exercise equipment?

And yea even the kitchen sink.

And if you’re thinking of causing some trouble on Williams St. don't bother.

Here's the jail.

And finally across the tracks and at the end of Williams St. was a nice little house.

There sure was a lot to see on such a short street.

Hope you enjoyed my journey down Williams St.
Hope you liked it too Andy

Fred

saurora · October 31, 2006

Great idea Fred! I thoroughly enjoyed your venture....some really great shots. I especially like the porch with the pots of flowers and the gate. Amazing what one can find on one street, isn't it? (Of course, it wasn't just ANY street!) No sighting of Mr. Williams himself, I gather?

JenGrace · October 31, 2006

Awesome journey!

Andy · October 31, 2006

USAIR wrote:

Hope you liked it too Andy

Fred

I did! Thanks so much, Fred

Richard · November 1, 2006

Very nice series, Fred. Great colors. I especially like the first one. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

USAIR · November 1, 2006

saurora wrote:

Great idea Fred! I thoroughly enjoyed your venture....some really great shots. I especially like the porch with the pots of flowers and the gate. Amazing what one can find on one street, isn't it? (Of course, it wasn't just ANY street!) No sighting of Mr. Williams himself, I gather?

Thanks Susan,
For a street that's only two blocks it sure had a lot of stuff to shoot.
Very cool river town to explore too.

Fred

USAIR · November 1, 2006

Thanks everyone

Fred

Mickey57 · November 2, 2006

wow...beautiful pictures coupled with a great sense of Humour. That was a short but fun trip.
I really like your IR shot...very nicely done.

Dan

USAIR · November 3, 2006

Mickey57 wrote:

wow...beautiful pictures coupled with a great sense of Humour. That was a short but fun trip.
I really like your IR shot...very nicely done.

Dan

Dan
Thank you
It was a fun stop and great day to be out riding

Fred

frankenstein · November 3, 2006

Wow, what a wonderful set of images, and such a simple but effective story that linked them together. A great idea, superbly done. Thanks for sharing them.

Frank

USAIR · November 3, 2006

frankenstein wrote:

Wow, what a wonderful set of images, and such a simple but effective story that linked them together. A great idea, superbly done. Thanks for sharing them.

Frank

Thank you for the kind words

Fred

ian408 · November 4, 2006

Williams St. sure is a nice one! Thanks for taking us along on a wonderful Journey.

Awais Yaqub · November 4, 2006

wonderful photos Fred
So who is the Williams ? i mean i have seen a lot people with williams in end of the name

thebigsky · November 4, 2006

Pardon my ignorance, but what's the significance of Williams Street?

Charlie

USAIR · November 5, 2006

Thanks Ian

Awais and Charlie
This was a kinda tongue and cheek story...trying to be a little funny
(By the way my wife tells me all the time I am not as funny as I think I am)

I did stumble on to Williams St and thought I would see just what I could find to shoot on such a small street.
If I see a Awais street you can bet I will be back here with another story.

Why Williams St. and not Main St. ?
Because I hang out here and Andy Williams is one of the top photographers here
...there are many others he's just one of the more colorful ones.

Also he's the Dgrin pro.

Hope that explains it.

Thanks for checking it out.

Fred

pathfinder · November 5, 2006

No barns on Williams Street and no Bar B Que's either??

I enjoyed you perambulation down William's Street

Would you care to describe the Gaussian Blur technique you used on a few of these - IF Ian doesn't get too upset with us??

USAIR · November 6, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

No barns on Williams Street and no Bar B Que's either??

I enjoyed you perambulation down William's Street

Would you care to describe the Gaussian Blur technique you used on a few of these - IF Ian doesn't get too upset with us??

I dont think Ian will mind

I do variations on this but here it is:
On windows Ctrl+J dupes the background layer.
Then Gaussian Blur on the copy(layer 1) about 10 to 20.
Then set layer 1 blend mode to Multiply
Then Ctrl+Shift+E to merge visible
Next Ctrl+J dupe the background
Then set the layer 1 blend mode to Screen
Then Ctrl+Shift+E again to merge visible

This is just one way play with different blend modes, burning and dodging too.
You get some real cool effects sometimes.

And there was one barn and two log cabins.
And after walking around Williams St.
clicking my 20D I think the locals wanted to Bar B Que me.

I sure they were saying "What in the world is that boy doing"

Thanks
Fred

Williams Street

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