Streets of Lacombe, a photo from Alberta, Prairies

Photographer's Note

The streets of Lacombe are some of the prettiest in Alberta IMO. Beautifully restored old buildings and lots of character. This was taken on a poor day for photography but I hope you can enjoy this view anyway.

I will be flying to Vancouver tomorrow and will be away about a week.

jlbrthnn, feather, danos, paura, Cretense, robertosalguero, John_F_Kennedy, bakes888, Bluejeans has marked this note useful

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Graal (103040) 2009-08-21 23:29

An interesting presentation and street reportage. Good composition. I like it. TFS

snunney (130967) 2009-08-22 1:35

Hello Karen,
A good perspective on this interesting and rather elegant architecture. You have chosen a good time with not so many cars about to spoil the view. I like the rich red tones of the buildings, which make a nice contrast with the pale blue sky.

saxo042 (38078) 2009-08-22 2:08

HI Karen,
This looks like a typical Western town, a very pretty street scene. I looked up Lacombe on Google Maps, but unfortunately their street views were not applicable here. But a nice town all the same.
Kind regards
Gunnar

Greg1949 (9011) 2009-08-22 2:43

Karen. I almost passed bur on second glance I now think this is a great composition . I think it would be better if the road to the distance was more focused but nevertheless this is superb with the road so long and narrowing in the bg and the color and detail in the fg.

Greg

Budapestman (82620) 2009-08-22 2:44

Hi Karen,
a splendid peaceful street shot with attractive composition and nostalgic mood, very well balanced composition, the depth of the photo is superb, I like the architectural details, Tfs! Have a nice weekend!
George

jlbrthnn (76043) 2009-08-22 6:06

Hello Karen,
This street is bordered of buildings of which the low height is amplified by the very broad street. I like the framing and the visual angle of largest of the buildings, on the right. It is a beautiful street and especially a very beautiful photograph, carried out well. Cheer.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Jo�l

feather (51130) 2009-08-22 6:48

It seems like a wide street for such a quiet town. The building on the right looks very interesting and it makes a good starting point for looking down the long street. There are halos around the straight lines, so I think you may have over-sharpened.
Kath

danos (110407) 2009-08-22 7:33

Hi Karen,
a fine scene of Lacombe town with the excellent architectural style of the house on the right.I like the reddish colour of it,the perspective and the great depth of the street.Well done.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

Fis2 (170693) 2009-08-22 11:53

Witaj Karen!
Good frame and perspective.
Curious place.
Sharpness???
Regards
Krzysztof

jwmunro (286) 2009-08-22 16:35

Hello Karen -

This is a nice image showing one of the prairie towns and the prairie in the BG. I like the long straight road leading the eye into and through the image. I don't think it was that poor of day but the timing of the image could have been better. (Early morning or late afternoon works the best.) There are too many halos in the image not to comment that it appears to be over sharpened.

Thank you for sharing.

John

paura (25802) 2009-08-23 2:34

Karen,
Excellent point of view to show the beautiful urban scene. Architecture details in the righr red building are also very interesting. Well done!

Regards

Paulo

Cretense (68709) 2009-08-23 6:09

Hi Karen!

Beautiful architecture photo, great composition and framing, many interesting details! Great light management, beautiful colours!

Hercules

gunbud (34066) 2009-08-23 18:38

Hi Karen,
Lots of charachter to these old brownstones seen in this proud Great Plains town.
The cloudsless blue sky really makes that corner building stand out.
Regards, Tom

robertosalguero (292) 2009-08-23 23:29

Hello Karen,

My wife lived in this little city. However small town life wasn't for her! Interesting architecture but the image seem very soft. I think the focus wasn't there when you shot it. Good point of view though. Thanks Karen :-)

Roberto

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2009-08-25 3:27

Hello Karen,
Amazing corner. Wonderful point of view and good perspective. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

bakes888 (18499) 2009-08-29 20:30

Hi Karen. Vancouver? Lucky you, Sue and I spend a very enjoyable few days there a couple years ago, beautiful city.
Nice catch, good colours and details. Strong composition also. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good Sunday, Paul.

Bluejeans (64251) 2009-09-07 8:27

Ola Karen ,
Rua bem largas desta cidade , interessante esta recta parece que termina no horizonte , bonita a arquitectura das casas em tijolo vermelho , boa luz, parab駭s!!
Um abra輟 Gon軋lo

tenretin (3275) 2017-12-30 9:22

Hello,
C'est bien r饌lis� et j'aime bien l'ambiance qui se d馮age du clich�. Dommage pour la qualit� de l'image qui semble un peu manquer de d馭inition.
Bonne f黎es,
JP