Photo a Day - 2014

This gallery represents a continuation of the Photo-a-Day challenge started in 2012 and continued through 2013. The goal is to continue to publish one photograph shot every day in 2014. There are no set themes, so the subjects will vary widely from day-to-day, although there will be a very strong emphasis on black and white as well as street photography in the third year of this project.
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Wanskuck Neighborhood

Wanskuck Neighborhood
21 November 2014 -- 325/365
Providence, Rhode Island

Let's start with a pronunciation lesson. This is Rhode Island, after all, so forget everything you were incorrectly taught about pronouncing words in the English language. We Rhode Islander's know the truth, however. (By the way, that is pronounced "row DISLAND". The "D" belongs to the second word, not the first. Clearly, they spelled it wrong in 1636.) Now, forget how the name if this neighborhood is spelled. It is pronounced "WAN-skit." Apparently, the Wampanoag Indians couldn't spell, either. Stay tuned for future lessons in which you'll learn the correct pronunciation of "Pawtucket"!

Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, and boost white. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.

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Photo a Day - 2014