52Frames Door Weekly Photo Challenge

It was really hard to make a choice for this week’s 52Frames weekly photo challenge. The subject was “door” so that meant a trip to Old Town Alexandria where there are doors of every size and shape. The problem was is that my husband had a favorite and so did I. I was also experimenting with black and white with a pop of color. He liked the old grungy door in front of a shop on King Street; I liked the blue and green doors on a very crooked and old house in the neighborhood. In between were so many other beautiful doors and colors and backdrops including a fire boat on the Potomac River and so many others that we found while strolling along the sidewalks of a town established in the 1700’s. Old town is one of our favorite places to visit because there is always something to see. I ended up submitting the old crooked house. It was a composite image made up of three layers - the original image in black and white and two more layers for each color door. The sign post was edited out of the front to make it less distracting. It would be nice to get selected this week. But I won’t hold my breath. It was quite a project. My husband is such a good sport about helping me not only take the photos by driving and walking to all of these places, but also critiquing them. We usually don’t agree and this time I overruled him. It usually doesn’t work to my advantage.