Football And A Pint, West End Pub
A little over a year ago, The Boss and I were in Hamilton, Ontario during lunch hour and decided to visit a small pub, the West End Pub over on Emerson Street for some lunch. I love the atmosphere of this place and always, always carry a camera. I never come away without a photo or two. And food. Always food. In this case a gentleman was seated at the bar by the taps and was engrossed in a UK football game (soccer to out friends South of the border) enjoying a pint of the West End’s finest. Happy Monochrome Monday. - JW
Date Taken: 2023-09-29
Date PP: 2025-01-06
(c) Copyright 2025 JW Vraets
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Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Olympus OM-D EM-5 fitted with an Olympus M Zuiko 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 II lens set to 42mm, Program Exposure mode, Auto WB, Matrix metering, ISO1600 (Auto ISO), f/5.6, 1/60 sec with an EV-1.00 exposure bias to get the tonality in the darkened room to come out ‘right’. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Olympus RAW/ORF source image: set final image size to be 8000px wide, brighten overall a little by setting Exposure Compensation to EV+0.65, increase Contrast and Saturation, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, use Tone Curve 2 in parametric mode to slightly brighten the Darks and also bring down/darken the Highlights, convert to B&W/monochrome, apply a little noise reduction, did NOT sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: slightly increase contrast as well as brightness, save, scale image to 6000px wide, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 wide for posting online, sharpen, save.
Football And A Pint, West End Pub
A little over a year ago, The Boss and I were in Hamilton, Ontario during lunch hour and decided to visit a small pub, the West End Pub over on Emerson Street for some lunch. I love the atmosphere of this place and always, always carry a camera. I never come away without a photo or two. And food. Always food. In this case a gentleman was seated at the bar by the taps and was engrossed in a UK football game (soccer to out friends South of the border) enjoying a pint of the West End’s finest. Happy Monochrome Monday. - JW
Date Taken: 2023-09-29
Date PP: 2025-01-06
(c) Copyright 2025 JW Vraets
If you are interested in prints or licensing of any of my images, DM me with a brief description of what you may be looking for.
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Olympus OM-D EM-5 fitted with an Olympus M Zuiko 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 II lens set to 42mm, Program Exposure mode, Auto WB, Matrix metering, ISO1600 (Auto ISO), f/5.6, 1/60 sec with an EV-1.00 exposure bias to get the tonality in the darkened room to come out ‘right’. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Olympus RAW/ORF source image: set final image size to be 8000px wide, brighten overall a little by setting Exposure Compensation to EV+0.65, increase Contrast and Saturation, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, use Tone Curve 2 in parametric mode to slightly brighten the Darks and also bring down/darken the Highlights, convert to B&W/monochrome, apply a little noise reduction, did NOT sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: slightly increase contrast as well as brightness, save, scale image to 6000px wide, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 wide for posting online, sharpen, save.