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Hi Pentaxian friends.
A Company named "YESCO" has created most of the neon signs that used to identify the Las Vegas Casinos.
The Vegas " Strip", as it is still called, has seen an explosion in renovations and many Casinos were torned down to make place for new and bigger Casinos. The neon signs have been replaced by gigantic TV like screens. The old neon signs are a part of Las Vegas history and a group of people formed a non-profit organization to preserve the neon signs. The organization is called "The Neon Museum".
The museum was not open to the public when I visited on January 9, 2010. I was able to get some shots by climbing on the roof of my rental car and through the holes in the fence.
I decided to modify my pictures in Photoshop Lightroom in order to give a feel of antiquity to the signs. I moved the clarity slider to the left and decreased the vibrance as well. On some pictures, I decrease the luminance. The end results are pictures with less pronounce colors and a flair of early color film. I hope you like the effects. I used a Pentax K-7 with the 18-55mm kit lens and the 10-17mm DA lens.
Hi Pentaxian friends.
A Company named "YESCO" has created most of the neon signs that used to identify the Las Vegas Casinos.
The Vegas " Strip", as it is still called, has seen an explosion in renovations and many Casinos were torned down to make place for new and bigger Casinos. The neon signs have been replaced by gigantic TV like screens. The old neon signs are a part of Las Vegas history and a group of people formed a non-profit organization to preserve the neon signs. The organization is called "The Neon Museum".
The museum was not open to the public when I visited on January 9, 2010. I was able to get some shots by climbing on the roof of my rental car and through the holes in the fence.
I decided to modify my pictures in Photoshop Lightroom in order to give a feel of antiquity to the signs. I moved the clarity slider to the left and decreased the vibrance as well. On some pictures, I decrease the luminance. The end results are pictures with less pronounce colors and a flair of early color film. I hope you like the effects. I used a Pentax K-7 with the 18-55mm kit lens and the 10-17mm DA lens.
Thank you for reading,
Yvon Bourque
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Yvon Bourque
We support this site by selling e-books for the Pentax Digital SLR cameras, including theK100D, K10D, K20D, K-7 and the K-x. This site does not ask for contributions. We sell real tangible merchandise that can improve your photography. Our free Auto-focus adjustment charts have been downloaded thousands of times by Pentaxians as well as Nikon and Canon users.
5 comments:
Rather nice site you've got here. Thanks the author for it. I like such topics and anything connected to this matter. BTW, try to add some pics :).
Funny, but somehow I thought that the way Vegas looks is eternal...
Wonderful photos, Yvon. I humbly suggest that you try to increase contrast when you decrease clarity in LightRoom. It may yield an interesting effect.
Thanks for very nice photos
I think you are professional in taking photo
well, let's me see anothers photos
bye.
i guess there is graveyard for everything. they have an old war bird graveyard/museum here in orlando
these shots are terrific. i think the antiquing works. now i want to find this place next time i'm in vegas. thx for posting.
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