Downtown Greensboro Tall Buildings from Stairs of Elm St. Parking Deck

Today I got a reminder from Facebook that I had posted this iPhone image a year ago.  I was in downtown Greensboro, NC,  and wanting to get some architectural shots. These are challenging with the wide angle lens of the iPhone as buildings can be distorted . This image was taken with the 5s HDR mode.  I was going up the stairs of the parking deck off Elm Street.  It was about noon - 1 PM on a Sunday and not many people around. I did not have the SKWRT app but liked this shot and was recently thinking about taking it again. Pushed exposure sliders and sharpening to get the effect I wanted with PSE 11.    

First Friday GSO, NC, July 3rd, 2015

This image I wanted to post on July 5th but delayed due to family visiting.  On Friday, July 3rd when my family was visiting, the "girls" went downtown to check out "First Friday" in Greensboro, NC.  There were some venues that were closed because of activities planned for 4th of July celebration the next day.  My daughters had never done this before.  I took this shot when there was still some ambient light,  Wanted to catch the street lights.  With the iPhone you don't get a choice of shutter speed. I took this with auto exposure  with Camera + app and forgot to turn off HDR.  It was on South Elm street. Too bad there were no people walking down the street to give more ambience, but it was starting to rain and shops starting to close.  Did not use a tripod ...and because low lighting situation, not as sharp due to camera movement. Left image was only sharpened.  The image on the right I choose line drawing and adjusted opacity to add some color and lines in PSE 11.
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Fountain at City Park, downtown GSO, NC

The fountain in downtown Greensboro. This was actually taken with Jack's iPhone which is a 5C. No editing. Not many people around City Park on a Sunday morning.  HDR mode.  This was actually taken in Sept. 2014.